Coptoborus exutus (Wood, 1974)

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 exutus (Wood, 1974) Figure 6G-I, O

Xyleborus exutus Wood, 1974: 36.

Coptoborus exutus (Wood): Wood and Bright 1992: 663.

Type material.

Holotyp e (NMNH), examined.

New records.

None.

Diagnosis.

1.9 mm, 3.0 × as long as wide ( Wood 1982). This species is distinguished by the elytral apex attenuate and weakly emarginate, declivital interstriae 2 convex, declivital interstriae 1 and 3 denticulate and interstriae 2 unarmed, elytral apex deeply emarginate, and declivity steep, occupying less than posterior 40% of declivity.

Similar species.

C. cuneatus , C. galacatosae .

Distribution.

Costa Rica (Cartago).

Biology.

The holotype was collected from a fence post ( Wood 1982).

Figures

Figure 6. Dorsal, lateral, frontal and declivital view of Coptoborus erwini holotype, 1.4 - 1.5 mm (A-C, M), C. exilis 2.3 - 2.4 mm (D-F, N), C. exutus holotype, 1.9 mm (G-I, O), C. furiosa holotype, 2.1 - 2.2 mm (J-L, P). All photographs by SMS, G-I, O copyright National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C., published by permission.