Great Basin Naturalist
Abstract
New synonymy affecting North and Central American Scolytidae is proposed as follows: Araptus Eichhoff (= Neodryocoetes Eggers, Thamnophthorus Schedl, Sphenoceros Schedl), Coccotrypes Eichhoff (= Poecilips Schaufuss), Gnathotrichus Eichhoff (= Ancyloderes Blackman, Prognathotrichus Bright), Gnathotrupes Schedl (= Gnathotrypanus Wood), Araptus hymenaeae (Eggers), n. comb., (= Neodryocoetes insularis Eggers, Neodryocoetes caribaeus Blackman, Neodryocoetes guianae Blackman, Neodryocoetes hoodi Blackman), Araptus laevigatus (Eggers), n. comb. (= Neopityophthorus insularis Eggers, Neodryocoetes guadeloupensis Schedl), Araptus macer Bright, n. comb. (= Neodryocoetes tuberculatus Bright), Araptus politus (Blandford), n. comb. (= Neodryocoetes hubbardi Blackman), Araptus tabogae (Blackman), n. comb. (= Neodryocoetes vinealis Bright), Cnesinus elegantis Wood (= Cnesinus zapotecus Bright), Coccotrypes advena Blandford (= Thamnurgides persicae Hopkins), Corthylocurus barbatus (Blandford) (= Corthylocurus cincinnatus Bright), Corthylocurus mexicanus (Schedl) (= Corthylus anomalus Bright), Corthylus mexicanus Schedl (= Corthylus glabinus Bright), Crypturgus pusillus (Gyllenhal) (= Crypturgus atomus LeConte), Dendrocranulus carbonarius (Ferrari) (= Xylocleptes floridensis Hopkins, Xylocleptes anonae Hopkins), Dendrocranulus cucurbitae (LeConte) (= Xylocleptes californicus Hopkins, Xylocleptes venturina Hopkins, Xylocleptes punctatus Hopkins), Dendrocranulus macilentus (Blandford) (= Dendrocranulus grossopunctatus Schedl), Hylastes salebrosus Eichhoff (= Hylastes scobinosus Eichhoff), Hypothenemus seriatus (Eichhoff) (= Stephanoderes pulverulentus Eichhoff), Ips spinifer (Eichhoff) (= Orthotomicus sabinianae Hopping), Leperisinus aculeatus (Say) (= Hylesinus imperialis Eichhoff), Micracis lignator Blackman (= Micracis truncates Wood), Micracis swainei Blackman (= Micracis photophilus Wood), Micracis suturalis LeConte (= Micracis meridianus Blackman), Monarthrum querneus Wood (= Monarthrum bifidus Bright), Orthotomicus caelatus Eichhoff (= Xyleborus vicinus LeConte, Xyleborus punctipennis LeConte), Coccotrypes indicus (Eggers) (= Xyleborus conspeciens Schedl, Coccotrypes insularis Eggers, Poecilips eggersi Schedl), Phloeoborus asper Erichson (= Phloeoborus ovatus Chapuis, Phloeoborus rugatus Blandford), Phloeoborus rudis Erichson (= Phloeoborus elongates Chapuis, Phloeoborus rugipennis Eggers), Phloeotribus armatus Blandford (= Phloeotribus mixtecus Bright), Phloeotribus demessus Blandford (= Phloeotribus tuberculatus Eggers), Phloeotribus pilula (Erichson) (= Phloeotribus obliquus Chapuis, Phloeotribus manni Blackman), Phloeotribus setulosus Eichhoff (= Phloeotribus asperatus Blandford), Pityoborus frontalis Wood (= Pityoborus severus Bright), Pityoborus secundus Blackman (= Pityoborus tertius Blackman, Pityoborus immitus Bright, Pityoborus intonsus Wood, Pityoborus ramosus Bright), Pycnarthrum hispidum (Ferrari) (= Nemobius lambottei Chapuis, Pycnarthrum gracile Eichhoff, Pycnarthrum quadraticolle Eichhoff, Pycnarthrum transversum Blandford, Pycnarthrum reimoseri Schedl, Pycnarthrum reticulates Schedl), Pseudopityophthorus declivis Wood (= Pseudopityophthorus truncates Bright, Pseudopityophthorus curtus Bright), Pseudopityophthorus hondurensis Wood (= Pseudopityophthorus montanus Bright), Pseudopityophthorus micans Wood (= Pseudopityophthorus squamosus Bright), Pseudopityophthorus opacicollis Blackman (= Pseudopityophthorus aesculinus Bright), Pseudopityophthorus pruinosus (Eichhoff) (= Pseudopityophthorus pulverous Blackman, Pseudopityophthorus tropicalis Wood, Pseudopityophthorus convexus Bright), Pseudopityophthorus singularis Wood (= Pseudopityophthorus acuminatus Bright), Pseudopityophthorus tennis Wood (= Pseudopityophthorus hirsutus Bright), Stenocleptus sulcatus (Bruck) (= Stenocleptus ceanothi Blackman, Stenocleptus rhois Blackman), Thysanoes texanus Blackman (= Thysanoes vachelliae Blackman, Thysanoes ratamae Blackman), Trypophloeus striatulus (Mannerheim) (= Trypophloeus nitidus Swaine), Xyleborus capucinus Eichhoff (= Xyleborus rufithorax Eichhoff), Xyleborus pubescens Zimmermann (= Xyleborus pini Say of Eichhoff), Xylosandrus curtulus Eichhoff (= Xyleborus biseriatus Schedl). Carphotoreus, n. gen., is described for Chaetophloeus alni Bright. Coccotrypes sannio (Schaufuss) is treated as a taxon distinct from Coccotrypes advena Blandford; and Gnathotrichus consentaneus Blandford is a valid species distinct from Gnathotrichus sulcatus LeConte. Gnathotrichus bituberculatus Blandford and all described South American species of Gnathotrichus are transferred to Gnathotrupes.
Recommended Citation
Wood, Stephen L.
(1973)
"New synonymy in American bark beetles (Scolytidae: Coleoptera). Part III,"
Great Basin Naturalist: Vol. 33:
No.
3, Article 5.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/gbn/vol33/iss3/5