Tricosa Cognato, Smith & Beaver, 2020

Sittichaya, Wisut & Cognato, Anthony I., 2023, Tricosa uniseriata, a new species of xyleborine ambrosia beetle from Thailand (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Scolytinae, Xyleborini), ZooKeys 1153, pp. 97-103 : 97

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1153.101985

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:60080833-6C7E-423D-91EE-B48F9D96A7CB

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/1ED6E80A-FBD3-5A44-98E8-9620BD29F6FD

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scientific name

Tricosa Cognato, Smith & Beaver, 2020
status

 

Tricosa Cognato, Smith & Beaver, 2020

Type species.

Xyleborus metacuneolus Eggers, 1940.

Diagnosis.

Antennal funicle four-segmented; antennal club with one or two sutures visible on the posterior face; protibia distinctly or obliquely triangular with six or fewer denticles on outer margin and posterior face flattened and unarmed; scutellum small, flush with elytra surface; mycangial tufts absent; elytra attenuate; posterolateral costa absent.

Similar genera.

Cryptoxyleborus , Cyclorhipidion , and Fraudatrix .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Curculionidae

SubFamily

Scolytinae