Taxonomic changes in palaeotropical Xyleborini (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Scolytinae)
Author
Hulcr, Jiri
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ZooKeys
2010
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105
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.56.520
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.56.520
1313-2970-56-105
Truncaudum circumcinctus (Schedl)
comb. n.
Premnobius circumcinctus
Schedl, 1941
Premnobius circumcinctus
(Schedl):
Wood and Bright 1992
Xyleborus circumcinctus
(Schedl):
Schedl 1962b
Specimens examined.
Uganda (
Premnobius circumcinctus
, holotype, NHMW).
Comments.
The only known African
Truncaudum
.
Truncaudum
synapomorphies: impressed submentum, antennal club type 1, curved outer edge of protibiae, complete denticulated circumdeclivital costa. Very similar to
Truncaudum impexus
[(Schedl):
Hulcr
and Cognato (in press)
], except declivity slightly convex (mostly flat in
Truncaudum
spp.), antenna type 1, several adjacent denticles on each stria on the upper edge of circumdeclivital costa (mostly a single flat tubercle in
Truncaudum
spp.). Otherwise remarkably similar to Asian relatives. Length: 2.8 mm.
Described as
Premnobius
by
Schedl (1941)
, later treated as
Xyleborus
(Schedl, 1962b), but combination never offically published.