Relict occurrence of three "American" Scolytidae (Coleoptera) in Asia

Authors

Stephen L. Wood, Brigham Young University
Hui-fen Yin, Academia Sinica, Haidian, Beijing, China

Abstract

The first non-American representatives of the bark beetle genus Pseudopityophthorus, of the subtribe Corthylina (Corthylini), and of the Ips concinnus species group are named. All are apparently relicts of an early faunal exchange with North America. The new taxa include: Gnatharus, new genus, and its type-species Gnatharus tibetensis, new species (Tibet); Xenophthorus, new subgenus, and its type-species Pseudopityophthorus (Xenophthorus) peregrinus, new species (Tibet), and Ips orientalis, new species (Tibet, China). The intercontinental exchange of other taxa in Scolytidae are also mentioned.

Recommended Citation

Wood, Stephen L. and Yin, Hui-fen (1986) "Relict occurrence of three "American" Scolytidae (Coleoptera) in Asia," Great Basin Naturalist: Vol. 46: No. 3, Article 13.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/gbn/vol46/iss3/13