Revision of the genus Phloeoditica Schedl - with description of two new genera and two new species in Phloeosinini (Coleoptera: Curculoninidae, Scolytinae)

By

Jordal, Bjarte

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2010

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

56

Pages

141-156

Subjects

Asiophilus , Microditica , Phloeoditica , Phloeosinini , Pseudoxylechinus , South-East Asia

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.56.522

 

Abstract

The genus Phloeoditica Schedl currently includes four species from Southeast Asia. These species vary substantially in important morphological characters and indicate the existence of multiple genera for these species. A revision based on morphological and in part molecular data resulted in the transfer of Phloeoditica setosa to Pseudoxylechinus, the erection of a new genus Asiophilus for Phloeoditica phloeosinoides and a new species A. macropunctatus from Vietnam. Another new genus with affinities to Phloeoditica is described based on the new species Microditica uniseriata from Thailand. The new genera are included in a revised key to the tribe Phloeosinini.