A review of the genus Dryocoetiops Schedl, with new species, new synonymy and a key to species (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) Author Beaver, Roger A. Author Smith, Sarah M. Author Sanguansub, Sunisa text Zootaxa 2019 2019-12-19 4712 2 236 250 journal article 24546 10.11646/zootaxa.4712.2.4 cf61aa1d-1850-496a-92d4-2e5e5362ca24 1175-5326 3587059 6ECB5A18-2345-4259-BE51-7E77D7111BB7 Coccotrypes flavicornis (Blandford) comb. n. Dryocoetes flavicornis Blandford 1895: 320 . Dryocoetiops flavicornis (Blandford) : Wood & Bright 1992: 587 . Taxonomy. Wood & Bright (1992) state that the holotype is in NHML. We have examined the single specimen of this species in NHML. It is not labelled as a type specimen, although the species was described from a single specimen ( Blandford 1895 ), and no other specimens of the species have been found in NHML. The specimen in NHML bears the following labels: Ceylon /G. Lewis/1910-320 [printed]// Bogawantalawa/ 4800-5200 ft / 28.ii.-12.iii.1882 [printed]// Dryocoetes ?/ flavicornis Bld. [in Blandford’s handwriting]. On the underside of the card bearing the specimen is written 3.3.82 . The specimen comes from the type locality, agrees with Blandford’s description, and bears a determination label in Blandford’s handwriting. Even if it is not the holotype , it is certainly conspecific. Blandford (1895) was in some doubt as to the generic placement of the species, and noted resemblances to species such as Dryocoetes dinoderoides , now a synonym of Dryocoetiops moestus (see above). Presumably because of this statement, Wood and Bright (1992) transferred the species to Dryocoetiops although without giving any indication that this was a new combination. The species does not have the characteristics of Dryocoetiops . The pronotum is more elongate, is not steeply convex anteriorly and lacks a pronounced summit near the middle. The summit is close to the base. The elytral declivity is much less steep than in species of Dryocoetiops . The species belongs in the large genus, Coccotrypes , and is transferred here to that genus. The species has not been recorded again since its original description. Distribution. Sri Lanka . Biology. Unknown.