Phloeoditica
Phloeoditica is a genus of bark beetles in the Phloeosinini tribe. Species includes Phloeoditica curta and Phloeoditica elegans.[1]
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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
- 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.
- "Phloeoditica". Animal Diversity Web. University of Michigan. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
- Wood, S.L. (1988). "Nomenclatural changes and new species of Scolytidae (Coleoptera)". Great Basin Naturalist. 48: 188–195.
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