Coptoborus magnus (Petrov, 2020) Smith & Cognato, 2021

Smith, Sarah M. & Cognato, Anthony I., 2021, A revision of the Neotropical genus Coptoborus Hopkins (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Scolytinae, Xyleborini), ZooKeys 1044, pp. 609-720 : 609

Coptoborus magnus (Petrov, 2020) comb. nov. Figure 10A-C, M

Theoborus magnus Petrov 2020: 408.

Type material.

Holotype (ZMMU), examined.

Diagnosis.

3.1 mm (mean = 3.1 mm; n = 2), 2.17 × as long as wide ( Petrov 2020). This species is distinguished by the elytra attenuate, apex entire, elytra excavated between interstriae 3 and much more strongly impressed on basal half, anterior margin of pronotum with a pair of projecting serrations, disc occupying 80% of elytral length, and large size, 3.1 mm, and stout form, 2.17 × as long as wide.

Similar species.

C. amazonicus .

Distribution.

Peru (Loreto).

Biology.

Unknown.

Figures

Figure 10. Dorsal, lateral, frontal and declivital view of Coptoborus magnus holotype, 3.1 mm (A-C, M), C. martinezae holotype, 2.0 - 2.1 mm (D-F, N), C. micarius, 2.0 - 2.4 mm (G-I, O), C. murinus holotype, 2.2 mm (J-L, P). All photographs by SMS except (A-C, M) by A. V. Petrov.