New synonymy, new combinations and other taxonomic changes in Japanese xyleborine ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae)
Author
Smith, Sarah M.
Author
Beaver, Roger A.
Author
Cognato, Anthony I.
text
Zootaxa
2018
2018-11-15
4521
3
391
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journal article
27954
10.11646/zootaxa.4521.3.5
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Immanus permarginatus
(Schedl)
comb. n.
Xyleborus permarginatus
Schedl, 1933
: 200
.
Ambrosiodmus permarginatus
(Schedl)
:
Wood & Bright, 1992
: 678
.
Taxonomy:
Images of the
holotype
(NHMW) taken by Alexander Petrov, and a
paratype
(FRI) taken by AIC were examined. The species is transferred to
Immanus
Hulcr and Cognato, 2013
, because of the following characters: large body size, robust form, truncate declivity, pronotum anterior margin with elevated carina, pronotal disc asperate, tibial denticles reduced, and tibial edge appearing very uneven.