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Planiculus aries Schedl, comb. n.

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Planiculus aries (Schedl), comb. n.

Xyleborus aries Schedl, 1969b

Specimens examined. New Guinea (paratype, NHMW); New Guinea, Chimbu Prov. (50, Hulcr det., MSUC). Comments. P. a r i e s does not display all features of Planiculus, but its generic position is confirmed by both morphological (Fig. 9) and molecular analyses (Cognato et al., 2011).

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 22, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.199742

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Curculionidae
Genus
Planiculus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Coleoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Schedl
Species
aries
Taxonomic status
comb. nov.
Taxon rank
species

References

  • Schedl, K. E. (1969 b) Further new Scolytoidea from the territory of Papua and Guinea. 267 Contribution. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 94, 214 - 236.
  • 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.