New data on Neotropical Scolytus Geoffroy, 1762 with description of five new species from Peru (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Scolytinae) | Zendy

А. В. Петров | Zendy; M. Yu. Mandelshtam | Zendy

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New data on Neotropical Scolytus Geoffroy, 1762 with description of five new species from Peru (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Scolytinae)

Author(s) -

А. В. Петров,

M. Yu. Mandelshtam

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

zookeys

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672

H-Index - 43

eISSN - 1313-2989

pISSN - 1313-2970

DOI - 10.3897/zookeys.56.519

Subject(s) - curculionidae , taxonomy (biology) , biology , ecology , geography

Five new species of Scolytus Geoffroy, 1762 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) are described from Peru, namely Scolytus woodi, Scolytus carveli, Scolytus vagabundus, Scolytus lindemani, Scolytus mozolevskae .The following new synonym is established: Scolytus angustatus Browne, 1970 (= Scolytus facialis Schedl, 1973, syn. n.) New records of the Scolytus species in Loreto, Junin ,Cusco and Madre de Dios Provinces are given and the biology of the genus representatives is discussed.

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