New synonymy and new species of American bark beetles (Coleoptera: Scolytidae)

Authors

Stephen L. Wood, Brigham Young University

Abstract

New synonymy is proposed as follows: Pityokteines Fuchs ( = Orthotomides Wood), Araptus foveifrons (Schedl) ( = interjectus Wood), n. comb., Cryptocarenus seriatus Eggers ( = bolivianus Eggers), Hylastes gracilis LeConte ( = asper Swaine), Procryphalus utahensis Hopkins ( = aceris Hopkins), Scolytodes maurus (Blandford) ( = Hexacolus ellipticus Eggers), Scolytus hermosus Wood (= sylvaticus Bright), Xyleborus adelographus Eichhoff ( = vitiosus Schedl), Xyleborus catulus Blandford ( = intricatus Schedl), Xyleborus nepos Eggers ( = signatus Schedl), Xyleborus titubanter Schedl (= dissidens Wood). The following species and subspecies are named as new to science: Cnesinus electus (Costa Rica), C. pilatus (Mexico), Hylastes asperatus (New Mexico), Scolytus torulus (Costa Rica), S. laetus (Mexico), Scolytodes amabilis and S. lepidus (Mexico), S. obesus (Panama), Pseudothysanoes concentralis and P. tumidulus (Mexico), Thysanoes tuberculatus (Mexico), Pityokteines mystacinus (Washington), Ips pilifrons subsp. thatcheri (Nevada), Araptus attenuatus (Mexico), A. fossifrons (Mexico, Guatemala), Amphicranus parilis (Mexico), Corthylus cecropii (Costa Rica).

Recommended Citation

Wood, Stephen L. (1975) "New synonymy and new species of American bark beetles (Coleoptera: Scolytidae)," Great Basin Naturalist: Vol. 35: No. 1, Article 2.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/gbn/vol35/iss1/2