Coptoborus gentilis (Schedl, 1972)

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 gentilis (Schedl, 1972) Figure 7D-F, N

Xyleborus gentilis Schedl, 1972: 70.

Coptoborus gentilis (Schedl): Wood and Bright 1992: 663.

Type material.

Holotype Xyleborus gentilis (NHMW), examined.

New records.

None.

Diagnosis.

2.3 mm (n = 1), 2.88 × as long as wide. This species is distinguished by the elytral apex attenuate, entire and produced, apical projection the width of striae 2, declivital interstriae 2 convex, declivital interstriae 1-3 denticulate, denticles distinct, their height equal to interstriae width, posterolateral margin of declivity with interstriae 3 and 9 joining, forming a carina and continuing submarginally to apex, and stout form.

Similar species.

C. brevicauda .

Distribution.

Brazil (Rio de Janeiro)

Biology.

Unknown.

Figures

Figure 7. Dorsal, lateral, frontal and declivital view of Coptoborus galacatosae holotype, 1.75 mm (A-C, M), C. gentilis holotype, 2.3 mm (D-F, N), C. gracilens 2.4 - 2.5 mm (G-I, O), C. hansen holotype, 2.3 mm (J-L, P). All photographs by SMS.