Phloeoditica

Phloeoditica is a genus of bark beetles in the Phloeosinini tribe. Species includes Phloeoditica curta and Phloeoditica elegans.[1]

Phloeoditica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Family:
Curculionidae
Subfamily:
Scolytinae
Tribe:
Phloeosinini
Genus:
Phloeoditica

Although previously classified in Phloeoditica,[2] Phloeoditica obscura was transferred to Pseudodiamerus by Wood (1988).[3] In 2010 the species Phloeoditica setosus was transferred to Pseudoxylechinus and a new genus Asiophilus was created for Phloeoditica phloeosinoides.

Dorsal and frontal view of Phloeoditica curta (A), Phloeoditica elegans (B), Pseudoxylechinus setosus (C, D).

References
  1. Jordal, Bjarte (2010). "Revision of the genus Phloeoditica Schedl - with description of two new genera and two new species in Phloeosinini (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Scolytinae)". ZooKeys. 56 (56): 141–156. doi:10.3897/zookeys.56.522. PMC 3088322. PMID 21594176.
  2. "Phloeoditica". Animal Diversity Web. University of Michigan. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  3. Wood, S.L. (1988). "Nomenclatural changes and new species of Scolytidae (Coleoptera)". Great Basin Naturalist. 48: 188–195.

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