Pityophthorus eccentricus Bright
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https://doi.org/ 10.1653/024.103.0416 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03AF5E26-967E-FFA8-5BC7-7813FE9219CC |
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Felipe |
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Pityophthorus eccentricus Bright |
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Pityophthorus eccentricus Bright ( Coleoptera : Curculionidae )
Diagnosis: Adults are 2.5 mm. Distinguished from similar Pityophthorus by its large size, scattered pronotal asperities (not arranged in concentric rows), confused interstrial punctures on the elytral disc, convex elytral declivity, and by lack of granules in the interstriae 1. This species is similar to Pityophthorus pulicarius (Zimmermann) ( Coleoptera : Curculionidae ) but P. eccentricus can be distinguished by the declivity which is entirely convex (slightly impressed in P. pulicarius ) ( Bright 2019).
Distribution: Caribbean: Cuba (Santiago Province).
Hosts: Unknown. The similar species, P. pulicarius , feeds on small twigs of Pinus spp.
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