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Published December 31, 2010 | Version v1
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Debus adusticollis Motschulsky, comb. n.

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Debus adusticollis (Motschulsky) comb. n.

Xyleborus adusticollis Motschulsky, 1863

Xyleborus vestitus (Schedl, 1931): Wood, 1989

Specimens examined. Brunei (4, R. A. Beaver det., BMNH), Malaysia, Sabah, Danum Valley (7, R.A. Beaver det., BMNH).

Comments. Placement in Debus clade was confirmed by molecular phylogenetic analysis (72% and 73% posterior probability, Cognato et al., 2011). It is a very long species, with an elongated pronotum, deeply excavated declivity, and a rounded apex.

Notes

Published as part of Hulcr, Jiri, 2010, New genera of Palaeotropical Xyleborini (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) based on congruence between morphological and molecular characters, pp. 1-33 in Zootaxa 2717 on page 14, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.199742

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Curculionidae
Genus
Debus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Coleoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Motschulsky
Species
adusticollis
Taxonomic status
comb. nov.
Taxon rank
species

References

  • Motschulsky, V. de. (1863) Essai d'un catalogue des insectes de l'ile Ceylan. (Suite). Bulletin de la Societe Imperiale des Naturalistes de Moscou, 36, 509 - 517.
  • Schedl, K. E. (1931) Notes on the genus Xyleborus Eichh. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 10, 8, 339 - 347.
  • Wood, S. L. (1989) Nomenclatural changes and new species of Scolytidae (Coleoptera), part IV. Great Basin Naturalist, 49, 167 - 185.
  • Cognato, A. I., Hulcr, J., Dole, S. A. & Jordal, B. H. (2011) Phylogeny of haplo-diploid, fungus-growing ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae: Xyleborini) inferred from molecular and morphological data., Zoologica Scripta, in press.