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

Authors

Stephen L. Wood, Brigham Young University

Abstract

The following new synonymy in Scolytidae is proposed. Acorthylus Brèthes (= Phacrylus Schedl), Amasa Lea (= Anaxyleborus Wood), Cryptocurus Schedl (= Hyloperus Browne), Hylesinopsis Eggers (= Trypographus Schedl, Chilodendron Schedl), Hypothenemus Westwood (= Stylotentus Schedl), Metahylesinus Eggers ( = Glochicopterus Schedl), Phloeotribus Latreille (= Neophloeotribus Eggers), Pityophthorus Eichhoff (= Hypopityopthorus Bright), Scolytoplatypus Schaufuss (= Spongocerus Blandford, Taeniocerus Blandford, Strophionocerus Sampson), Scolytus Geoffroy (= Confusoscolytus Tsai & Hwang), Styracoptinus Wood (= Afrotrypetus Bright), Sueus Murayama (= Neohyorrhynchus Schedl), Taphrorychus Eichhoff (= Pseudopoecilips Murayama), Webbia Hopkins ( = Pseudowebbia Browne), Webbia dipterocarpi Hopkins (= Webbia 18-spinatus Sampson), Xyleborus Eichhoff ( = Anaeretus Dugès). A neotype is designated for Anaeretus guanaguatensis Dugès; this name becomes a junior synonym of Xyleborus volvulus (Fabricius). Species new to science are named from Mexico as follows: Cactopinus atkinsoni, burjosi, granulatus, setosus, Carphobius pilifer, Chaetophloeus confinis, Chramesus exilis, exul, securus, tibialis, Cnemonyx equihuai, evidens, Cnesinus cornutus, nebulosus, parvicornis, Dendrosinus mexicanus, Liparthrum mexicanum, pruni, Phloeotribus geminus, Pycnarthrum amersum, Scolytodes plumericolens, retifer.