Two newly detected bark and ambrosia beetles from southern Florida (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Scolytinae)
Author
Atkinson, Thomas H.
Author
Rabaglia, Robert J.
Author
Cognato, Anthony I.
text
Zootaxa
2010
2338
63
68
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.275521
3d647a94-a623-4faa-ba29-709848920c8a
1175-5326
275521
Coptoborus pseudotenuis
(Schedl)
(
Figs. 1–4
)
Xyleborus pseudotenuis
Schedl 1936: 109
Xyleborus tenuis
Schedl 1948: 269
(Synonomy: Wood 1976a)
Diagnosis.
This small xyleborine ambrosia beetle is most easily distinguished from relatives found in the
U.S.
by the elytra which are tapered posteriorly (
Figs. 3, 4
). The presence of 2 sutures on the posterior face of the antennal club is diagnostic and is shared only with
Theoborus
and
Dryocoetoides
(Atkinson, 2009)
among genera known from the
U.S.
The genus
Coptoborus
(Hulcr
et al.
2007)
includes 10 Neotropical species, of which
C. pseudotenuis
is the most widely distributed (
Fig. 5
). This species is a polyphagous inbreeding ambrosia beetle.
FIGURES 1–4.
Coptoborus pseudotenuis
female. 1. Lateral view. 2. Head and frons. 3. Dorsal view. 4. Declivity.
Description.
Female:
1.8–2.2 mm
long, 2.9 times as long as wide. Color yellowish brown. Frons convex, surface reticulate, shining. Punctures in central area between eyes sparse, shallow. Frontal vestiture of fine, sparse setae, most abundant near epistomal margin. First segment of antenna corneous, occupying less than 1/ 3 of club; 2nd and 3rd segments pubescent. Antennal sutures almost straight, slightly recurved. Pronotum 1.16 times as long as wide, anterior margin rounded, unarmed. Summit in middle of pronotum. Anterior asperities low, less pronounced in postero-lateral areas, forming triangular area. Disc smooth, shining, punctures shallow. Elytra 1.6 times as long as pronotum. Sides parallel on basal 2/3, tapering to approximately 1/3 of maximum width at narrowly rounded apex. Striae not impressed, punctures small. Interstriae nearly flat, shining on disc and declivity, 3–4 times as wide as striae. Vestiture of erect, uniseriate interstrial setae and recumbent strial setae, becoming more abundant posteriorly and on declivity. Declivity gradual, convex in profile, conspicuously narrowed behind in dorsal view. Interstria 2 slightly impressed, 1 and 3 with 3–5 small granules or denticles. Apical margin of interstriae 1–2 elevated, with 1–3 small granules.
Male: not known.
Distribution.
Florida
: Broward Co., Ft. Lauderdale, IFAS Research & Education Center,
6–V–2004
, ex
Delonix regia
“with fungus”, S. Ortiz (1, FSCA). The single specimen was reared out along with several other species of ambrosia beetles (
Theoborus ricini
(Eggers)
,
Euwallacea fornicatus
(Eichhoff)
,
Ambrosiodmus lecontei
Hopkins
,
Premnobius cavipennis
Eichhoff
, and
Xyleborus ferrugineus
(F.)).
Florida
: Palm Beach Co., West Palm Beach, Winding Waters Natural Area,
30–IV–2008
, Lindgren funnel trap baited with ethanol lure, B. Mayfield (1, MSUC). This species is known from lowland areas of
Mexico
,
Costa Rica
,
Panama
,
Venezuela
and
Brazil
.
The following modified key to genera of Xyleborina of the
U. S.
is based on Rabaglia
et al.
(2006). In addition to
Coptoborus
,
three genera are added to the key:
Anisandrus
, following resurrection of the genus for several native and exotic species (Hulcr
et al.
2007) plus newly detected exotic species (Rabaglia
et al.
2009);
Ambrosiophilus
,
a new genus for certain previously established exotic species (Hulcr and Cognato, 2009); and
Dryocoetoides
, to include a new species for
Florida
(Atkinson, 2009).