New synonymy and new species of American bark beetles (Coleoptera: Scolytidae), Part IV

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} New synonymy is proposed as follows: Pityophthorus Eichhoff ( = Pityophthoroides Blackman), Scolytodes Ferrari ( = Ctenophorus Chapuis), Araptus pallidus (Blackman), n. comb. (? = Neodryocoetes portoricensis Schedl, Neodryocoetes devius Schedl), Corthylus letzneri (Ferrari) ( = Corthylus strigilatus Eggers, Corthylus columbianus Schedl, Corthylus ater Schedl), Corthylus spinifer Schwarz ( = Corthylus guayanensis Eggers), Hypothenemus brunneus (Hopkins) ( = Hypothenemus cryphalomorphus Schedl, Stephanoderes bituberculatus Eggers), Monarthrum parvum (Eggers) ( = Monarthrum praeclarum Wood), Phloeoborus punctatorugosus Chapuis ( = Phloeoborus breviusculus Chapuis), Phloeotribus pilula Erichson ( = Phloeotribus australis Schedl), Phloeotribus setulosus Eichhoff ( Phloeotribus dubius Eichhoff, Phloeotribus spinipennis Eggers), Pityophthorus, pulicarius (Zimmermann) ( = Pityophthorus cubensis Schedl), Pityophthorus subsimilis Schedl ( = Pityophthorus subimpressus Bright), Premnobius cavipennis Eichhoff ( = Premnobius latior Eggers), Scolytus propiguus Blandford ( = Scolytus penicillus Schedl), Xyleborus dryographus (Ratzeburg) ( = Xyleborus linearis Schedl), Xyleborus horridus Eichhoff ( = Xyleborus flohri Schedl). Xyleborus tonsus (Hagedom), n. comb., was transferred to Xyleborus from Dryocoetes. Pityophthorus aquilus Blackman and Pityophthorus cascoensis Blackman, n. status, were removed from synonymy. Scolytodes chapuisi, n. n., is proposed for Scolytodes ( = Ctenophorus ) laevigatus Chapuis, 1869 (nec Ferrari 1867). The following species are named as new to science: Araptus crassus (Panama), A. obesus (Brazil), Cnesinus prominulus (Mexico), Conophthorus conicolens (Mexico), Microcorthylus vicinus (Mexico), Pityophthorus alnicolens (Mexico), P. assitus (Mexico), P. concinnus (Mexico), P. indigens (Colorado), P. leechi (California), P. solatus (Mexico), P. speciosus (Mexico), Pseudopityophthorus denticulus (Texas), Pseudothysanoes securus (Mexico), P. turnbowi (Texas), Pycnarthrum fulgidum (Colombia), Scolytodes fulmineus (Venezuela), S. radiatus (Costa Rica), Xyleborinus tribuloides (Mexico), Xyleborus devexus (Florida, Puerto Rico), and X. laticeps (Venezuela).     

New synonymy and new species of American bark beetles (Coleoptera: Scolytidae), Part II

New synonymy is proposed as follows: Pityophthorus Eichhoff ( = Gnathophorus Schedl, Gnathophthorus Wood), Araptus confinis (Blandford) ( = Neopityophthorus glabricollis Schedl), A. eruditus (Schedl) ( = Neodryocoetes buscki Blackman), A. hymenaeae (Eggers) ( = Neodryocoetes humilis Blackman), A. schedli (Blackman) ( = Neodryocoetes lenis Blackman), A. tenellus (Schedl) ( = Ctenyophthorus mexicanus Schedl, Neodryocoetes granulatus Schedl, Araptus cuspidus Wood), Coccotrypes carpophagus (Hornung) ( = Coccotrypes liberiensis Hopkins, Coccotrypes punctatulus Eggers), C. dactyliperda (Fabricius) ( = Coccotrypes bassiavorus Hopkins), C. robustus Eichhoff ( = Coccotrypes cylindricus Schedl), Cryptocarenus heveae (Hagedorn) ( = Cryptocarenus caraibicus Eggers), Hypothenemus setosus (Eichhoff) ( = Stephanoderes congonus Hagedorn). Microcorthylus minutus Schedl ( = Microcorthylus minutissimus Schedl), Pseudopityophthorus limbatus Eggers ( = Pseudopityophthorus micans Wood), Xyleborus obliquus (LeConte) ( = Xyleborus gilvipes Blandford, X. brasiliensis Eggers, illepidus Schedl). Hypothenemus javanus Eggers is a valid species. The genus Dacnophthorus, type - species Gnathophthorus clematus Wood, is described as new to science. The following species are described as new to science: Araptus consobrinus, A. micaceus, Pityophthorus explicitus, and P. inceptis (Mexico), P. costatus and P. mendosus (Costa Rica), P. degener and P. timidulus (Panama), P. amiculus (Mexico, Costa Rica), and P. dissolutus (Costa Rica, Panama), Xyleborus californicus (California), X. incultus, X. molestulus (Panama), and tristiculus (Brazil).       

New synonymy and new species of American bark beetles (Coleoptera: Scolytidae), Part III

New synonomy is proposed as follows: Metacorthylus Blandford (= Paracorthylus Wood), Corthylus spinifer Schwarz (= Corthylus tomentosus Schedl), Cryptocarinus brevicollis Eggers ( = Cryptocarenus coronatus Wood), Dendrocranulus guatemalensis (Hopkins), n. comb. (= Dendrocranulus parallelus Schedl), Dendroterus mexicanus Blandford (= Conophthocranulus umbratus Schedl), Hypothenemus cylindricus (Hopkins) (= Hypothenemus guadeloupensis Schedl), Hypothenemus erectus LeConte (= Stephanoderes discedens Schedl), Hypothenemus javanus (Eggers) (= Stephanoderes pistor Schedl, Stephanoderes prosper Schedl), Xyleborus pseudotenuis Schedl (= Xyleborus tenuis Schedl), and Xyleborus villosulus Blandford (= Xyleborus coccotrypoides Eggers, villosus Schedl). Scolytodes punctiferus n. n. is proposed for Scolytodes punctifer Wood, 1971 (nec Wood 1969). The following species are named as new to science: Amphicranus argutus, A. fulgidus, A. micans, Pityophthorus inops, P. debilis, P. strictus. P. galeritus. P. sobrinus, P. laetus, P. lenis, P. conspectus P. medialis (Costa Rica), P. perexiguus (Costa Rica and Panama), P. scitulus (Panama), P. costatulus, P. costabilis, P. detentus, P. nebulosus, P. melanurus, P. indigens, P. burserae, P. molestus, P. diligens, P. corruptus (Mexico), P. tenax, P. nugalis, P. minutalis (Guatemala), P. nemoralis, P. morosus, P. hermosus (Honduras), Araptus gracilens (Mexico).     

New synonymy and new species of American bark beetles (Coleoptera: Scolytidae), Part VI

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} New synonymy of American Scolytidae is proposed as follows: Corthylus Erichson ( = Pseudocorthylus Ferrari), Hylesinus Fabricius ( = Leperisinus Reitter), Monarthrum Kirsch ( = Anchonocerus Eichhoff), Corthylus spinifer Schwarz ( = Metacorthylus affinis Fonseca, Corthylus affinis Fonseca), Cryphalus ruficollis Hopkins ( = Cryphalus amabilis Chamberlin, Cryphalus coloradensis Wood), Gnathotrichus retusus (LeConte) ( = Gnathotrichus alni Blackman), Gnathotrichus sulcatus (LeConte) ( = Gnathotrichus aciculatus Blackman), Hypothenemus eruditus Westwood ( = Hypothenemus germari Eichhoff, Stephanoderes myrmidon Eichhoff, Stephanoderes intersetosus Eggers), Hypothenemus seriatus Eichhoff ( = Stephanoderes nitidulus Hopkins, Stephanoderes subopacicollis Hopkins), Hypothenemus obscurus (Fabricius) ( = Stephanoderes asperulus Eichhoff, Stephanoderes cassiae Eichhoff), Pityophthorus annectens LeConte ( = Pityophthorus citus Blackman), Pityophthorus balsameus Blackman ( = Pityophthorus patchi Blackman), Pityophthorus briscoei Blackman ( = Pityophthorus mundus Blackman), Pityophthorus cariniceps LeConte ( = Pityophthorus cognatus Blackman), Pityophthorus confertus Swaine ( = Pityophthorus agnatus Blackman, Pityophthorus comptus Blackman), Pityophthorus confusus Blandford ( = Pityophthorus bellus Blackman), Pityophthorus consimilis LeConte ( = Pityophthorus nudus Swaine), Pityophthorus fuscus Blackman ( = Pityophthorus smithi Schedl), Pityophthorus immanis Blackman ( = Pityophthorus sulcatus Bright), Pityophthorus murrayanae Blackman ( = Pityophthorus gracilis Swaine, Pityophthorus cutleri Swaine, Pityophthorus exilis Swaine, Pityophthorus depygis Blackman, Pityophthorus watsoni Schedl, Pityophthorus aurulentis Bright), Pityophthorus ornatus Blackman ( = Pityophthorus limatus Wood), Pityophthorus pseudotsugae Swaine ( = Pityophthorus thatcheri Bright), Pityophthorus pullus Zimmermann ( = Pityophthorus bisulcatus Eichhoff), Scolytodes levis (Blackman) ( = Ctenophorus laevigatus Chapuis, Scolytodes chapuisi Wood). The following species are named as new to science: Pityophthorus crotonis (Venezuela), Scolytodes constrictus, S. festus, S. praeceps (Colombia), S. canaliculus, S. contractus, S. jucundus, S. opacus, S. opimus, S. serenus, S. suturalis, and S. varius (Venezuela).        

New synonymy and new species of American bark beetles (Coleoptera: Scolytidae), Part VII

New synonymy of American Scolytidae is proposed as follows: Coccotrypes cyperi (Beeson) ( = Thamnurgides indicus Eggers), Pityophthorus attenuatus Blackman ( = Pityophthorus pusillus Wood), Pityophthorus digestus LeConte ( = Pityophthorus aplanatus Schedl), Pseudohylesinus sericeus (Mannerheim) ( = Pseudohylesinus yasamatsui Nobuchi), Xyleborus mutabilis Schedl ( = Xyleborus meridensis Wood). New names are proposed to replace junior homonyms as follows: Pityophthorus indigus for Pityophthorus indigens Wood, 1977 (nec Wood 1976), and Xyloborus devexulus for Xyleborus devexus Wood, 1977 (nec Schedl, 1977). The following species are named as new to science: Conophthorus echinatae (Missouri), Lymantor alaskanus (Alaska), Pityophthorus delicatus (Mexico), P. rubidus (Arizona and Mexico), P. vesculus (Panama), Scolytodes comitabilis, S. crinalis, S. crinitus, S. decorus, S. genialis, S. habilis, S. libidus, S. perpussilus, S. semipunctatus (Venezuela).     

New synonymy and new species of American bark beetles (Coleoptera: Scolytidae), part XI

The following new generic synonymy is proposed: Coptodryas Hopkins (= Microperus Wood), Cyrtogenius Strohmeyer (= Carpophloeus Schedl, Taphroborus Nunberg), Glostatus Schedl (= Ctonocryphus Schedl, Rhopalocryphus Nunberg), Hylurgops LeConte (= Hylescerites Schedl), Hypothenemus Westwood (= Ernophloeus Nunberg), Monarthrum Kirsch (= Eupteroxylon Eggers), Terminalinus Hopkins (= Kelantanius Nunberg), Xylechinus Chapuis (= Pruniphagus Murayama), Xylocleptes Ferrari (= Hylonius Nunberg). New combinations include: Pityophthorus anticus Schedl is transferred to Araptus; Hylesinus machilus Schedl is transferred to Phloeosinus; Phloeophthorus acaciae Lea is transferred to Phloeotribus; Blastophagus squamosus Schedl is transferred to Polygraphus; Chramesus semibrunneus Eggers is transferred to Pseudochramesus; Dacryophthorus capensis Schedl is transferred to Xylechinus; Pseudochramesus imperialis Schedl is transferred to Xylechinus ; and Hoplitontus abyssinicus Schedl is transferred to Xylocleptes . New specific synonymy includes: Hypothenemus sundaensis (Eggers) (= Ernophloeus costalimai Nunberg). A note on the South American Hylesinus antipodius Schedl is included. New names are proposed as follows: Hylesinopsis kenyae for africanus (Schedl 1963) (from Alniphagus ) and Hylesinopsis ugandae for africanus (Schedl 1965) (from Hylesinus ). Species described as new to science include: Ambrosiodmus ferns (Mexico), Ambrosiodomus paucus (Costa Rica), Carphoborus bicornis (USA), Chaetophloeus pouteriae (Mexico), Cnemonyx euphorbiae (Mexico), Corthylus convexifrons (Venezuela), Corthylus senticosus (Mexico), Corthylus sentosus (Mexico), Cryptocarenus pubescens (Brazil), Cryptocarenus spatulatus (Mexico), Dendrocranulus mexicanus (Mexico), Hylesinus caseariae (Mexico), Pityophthorus levis (USA), and Trischidias exigua (Mexico).     

New synonymy and new species of American bark beetles (Coleoptera: Scolytidae), part X

The following species are named as new to science from Mexico: Corthylus exiguus, lustratus, micacirrus, Dendrocranulus sobrinus, Dendroterus fossifrons, modicus, Gnathotrichus alniphagus, Hylocurus dissimilis, micaceus, scitulus, secus, Phloeoterus burserae, Pseudothysanoes mandibularis, simplex, squameus, truncatus. The genus Phloeoterus, with P. burserae as the type-species, is also named as new.     

New synonymy and new species of American bark beetles (Coleoptera: Scolytidae)

New replacement names for junior homonyms are presented as follows; Acanthotomicus tuberculifer for A. (Mimips) tuberculatus Schedl 1967, Chactoptelius versicolor for C. (Acrantus) tricolor Schedl 1958, Hylesinopsis angolanus for H. (Aridiamerus) angolensis Schedl 1982, Hylurgops tuberculifer for H. tuberculatus Schedl 1947, Pseudothysanoes spinatifer for P. spinatus Wood 1956, Scolytodes aterrimus for S. ater (Hylocurosoma atrum Eggers) 1941, Scolytodes boliviensis for S. (Prionosceles) bolivianus Eggers 1928, Scolytodes brasiliensis for S. (Hexacolus) brasiliensis Schedl 1935, Scolytodes discriminatus for S. discedens Eggers 1943, Scolytodes elongatissimus for S. elongatus (Hylocurosoma elongatum Eggers) 1943, Scolytodes gennaens for S. genialis Wood 1978, Scolytodes laevigatulus for S. (Hexacolus) laevigatus Schedl 1962, Scolytodes laevicorpus for S. laevis (Hylocurosoma laeve Eggers) 1943, Scolytodes majus for S. major Eggers 1943, Scolytodes medialis for S. medius Eggers 1943. New synonymy is reported for Dactylipalpus niger Schedl (= D. unctus Wood), Dendroctonus armandi Tsai & Li (= D. prosorovi Kurenzov & Kononov), Sinophloeus porter Brèthes (= S. destructor Eggers). Species new to science include: Acacicis bicornis (New Guinea), Acacicis zeylanicus (Sri Lanka), Sphaerotrypes bengalensis (India), Sphaerotrypes costatus (North Andaman Island), Sphaerotrypes cristatus (Sri Lanka), Sphaerotrypes pentacme (Burma), Sphaerotrypes ranasinghei (Sri Lanka), Xylechinus ougeiniac (India), Xylechinus padus (India).     

New synonymy and new species of bark beetles (Coleoptera: Scolytidae)

  New synonymy in Scolytidae is proposed as follows: Camptocerus opacicollis (Eggers) ( = Camptocerus aquilus Wood), Cladoctonus corumbensis (Eggers) (= Hoplitophthorus bolivianus Wood), Cladoctonus interruptus (Eggers) ( = Hoplitophthorus sentus Wood), Cnemonyx errans (Blandford) ( = Ceratolepis barbatus Schedl), Cnemonyx flavicornis (Chapnis) (= Cnemonyx vianai Schedl), Cnesinus dividuus Schedl (= Cnesinus dryographus Schedl, Cnesinus laevicollis Schedl), Cryptocurus spinipennis Schedl (= Hyloperus caudatus Browne, Hyloperus bicornis Browne), Dendrosinus ater Eggers (= Dendrosinus hirsutus Schedl), Hylesinus aculeatus Say ( = Hylesinus imperialis Eichhoff), Hylesinus cordipennis Lea (= Hylesinus papuanus Eggers), Hylesinus macmahoni (Stebbing) (= Hylesinus alternans Schedl, Leperisinus fraxinoides Beeson, Leperisinus fraxinoides Schedl), Hylesinus niligrinus Eggers (= Trogloditica robusta Schedl), Phloeosinopsoides triseriatus (Schedl) (= Xylechinus papuanus Schedl), Phloeotribus scarabaeoides (Bernard) ( = Phloeotribus americanus Dejean), Scolytogenes darwini Eichhoff ( = Nigritus similis Eggers, Nigritus major Eggers, Scolytogenes cryptolepis Schedl), Scolytodes notatus Eggers ( = Hexacolus pseudobicolor Eggers, Hexacolus subparalleus Eggers, Hexacolus pelicerinus Schedl), Scolytopsis puncticollis Blandford ( = Scolytopsis argentinensis Schedl, Scolytus bruchi Schedl, Scolytopsis toba Wichmann), Tomicus piniperda (Linnaeus) (= Blastophagus khasianus Murayama), Xylechinus spathifer Schedl (= Pteleobius lomatiae Schedl). Species new to science are described as Acanthotomicus ipsimorphus (Costa Rica), Acrantus opimus (Indonesian New Guinea), Bothrosternus hirsutus (Venezuela), Cnesinus discretus (Venezuela) Cnesinus minor (Costa Rica), Corthylus trunacatus (Peru), Hylurgus indicus (India), Pachycotes minor (Australia), Phloeosinopsoides pumilus (Papua New Guinea), Xylechinosomus pilosus (Brazil).           

New synonymy and records of American bark beetles (Coleoptera: Scolytidae)

Alniphagus africanus Schedl, 1963, and Hylesinus africanus Schedl, 1965, were both transferred to Hylesinopsis and thereby become junior homonyms of H. africanus (Eggers, 1933). The new name H. acaciolens is proposed as a replacement for Schedl's 1963 name and H. secutus as a new name for Schedl's 1965 name. Six species from Mexico are described as new to science, including: Hylocurus atkinsoni, H. crotonis, Monarthrum xalapensis, Pseudochramesus jaliscoensis, Pseudopityophthorus durangoensis , and P. xalapae .     

New species of American bark beetles (Coleoptera: Scolytidae)

The following species of Scolytidae (Coleoptera) are described as new to science: Amphicranus splendens, Araptus micropilosus (Mexico), Araptus morigerus (Panama), Araptus placetulus (Mexico), Chramesus bispinus (Colombia), Cnesinus aquihuai (Mexico), Cnesinus atrocis (Panama), Cnesinus meris (Colombia), Dendrocranulus gracilis, Hylastes retifer, Hylocurus prolatus, Micracis burgosi, Phloeotribus perniciosus, Pseudothysanoes fimbriatus, Pseudothysanoes pini, Scolytodes pilifer, Scolytus binodus (Mexico).     

New American bark beetles (Coleoptera: Scolytidae), with two recently introduced species

Species named as new to science include: Conophthorus michoacanae, C. teocotum, Hylesinus aztecus (Mexico), Phloeocleptus punctatus (Costa Rica), Pseudothysanoes atomus (Venezuela), P. leechi (California), Pityogenes mexicanus, Araptus speciosus, Amphicranus spectus (Mexico), and Xyleborus praestans (Panama). Also reported are the first records of the notorious Xylosandrus compactus (Eichhoff) from South America (Brazil), and the first American records of Xyleborus fornicatus Eichhoff (Panama) and X. validus Eichhoff (New York and Pennsylvania).     

New synonymy, new combinations, and new species of North American Pityophthorus (Coleoptera: Scolytidae), Part II

Four new species of Mexican Pityophthorus in the Lautus group are described: P. indefessus (Jalisco), P. inhabilis (Guerrero), P. tutulus (Veracruz), and P. vegrandis (Quintana Roo) and a new locality record is given for P. corruptus Wood.     

New synonymy, new species, and taxonomic notes of North American Pityophthorus (Coleoptera: Scolytidae), Part III

New synonymies and new data affecting North American Pityophthorus are proposed as follows: chalcoensis Hopkins ( = herrerai Hopkins) and nigricans Blandford ( = chiapensi s Bright). Neotypes are designated for the following species described by Eichhoff: concentralis, cribripennis, infans, puchellus, and tuberculatus. New species are: carinatus (Canada), cavatus (Manitoba, Saskatchewan), euterpes (Mexico), hesperius (British Columbia), impexus (Mexico), intentus (Arizona), laticeps (Mexico), malleatus (Arizona), mesembria (Guatemala), montezumae (Mexico), scalptus (British Columbia, Colorado), trepidus (California), and vespertinus (Mexico).     

New species and new records of North American Pityophthorus (Coleoptera: Scolytidae), Part V: the Juglandis group

Six new species of Pityophthorus from Mexico are described. The new species, all in the Scriptor group, are: atkinsoni, diminutivus, equihuai, thamnus, trunculus and zexmenivora . An additional locality record for P. coronarius Blackman is included. A new key to the 22 species included in the Scriptor group is presented.         

Nomenclatural changes and new species of Scolytidae (Coleoptera), Part II

The following new synonymy is proposed: Halystus Schedl (= Phlocographus Wood), Hylesinopsis Eggers (= Aridiamerus Schedl), Halystus namibiae Schedl (= Phlocographus mamibiae Wood), Ips stebbingi Strohmeyer (= Tomicus blandfordi Stebbing), Olonthogaster (Hylurgus) concinnulus (Walker) (= Olonthogaster nitidifrons Motschulsky), Olonthogaster nitidicollis Motschulsky (= Hyledius asper Sampson), Polygraphus longifolia Stebbing (= Polygraphus himalayensis Stebbing), Pseudochramesus harringtoni Blackman (= Pseudochramesus multiseriatus Schedl), Pseudodiamerus obsurus Eggers (= Phlocoditica obscura ) Schedl, 1962, and Phlocoditica obsura Schedl, 1963), Xylechinosomus brasiliensis (Schedl) (= Xylechinosomus araucariae Schedl), Xylechinus (Pseudochramesus) imperialis (Schedl), new combination (= Xylechinus calvus Schedl). The following species are named as new to science: Aphanarthrum indicum (India), Aphanarthrum reticulatum (India), Aphanarthrum ryaleanum (India), Bothinodroctonus indicus (India), Bothinodroctonus setosus, (Andaman Islands), Carphoborus lautus (India), Liparthrum artocarpus (India), Liparthrum tinianesis (Tinian Island), Polygraphus anogeissi (India and Burma), Polygraphus difficilis (India and Pakistan), Polygraphus querci (Burma).     

New generic synonymy and new genera of Scolytidae (Coleoptera)

New generic synonymy in Scolytidae is proposed as follows: Amasa Lea ( = Pseudoxyleborus Eggers), Araptus Eichhoff ( = Brachydendrulus Schedl, Gnathocranus Schedl, Gnathoborus Schedl), Chortastus Schaufuss ( = Afrochramesus Schedl), Cosmoderes Eichhoff ( = Dendriops Schedl), Cryphalus Erichson ( = Acryphalus Tsai & Li, Jugocryphalus Tsai & Li), Cyrtogenius Strohmeyer ( = Eulepiops Schedl, Ozodendron Schedl, Mimidendrulus Schedl, Artepityophthorus Schedl), Dendrographus Schedl ( = Protopityophthorus Schedl), Glostatus Schedl ( = Paraglostatus Schedl), Gnathotrupes Schedl ( = Gnathocortus Schedl, Gnathomimus Schedl, Gnathoglochinus Schedl), Hylesinopsis Eggers ( = Metahylesinus Eggers, Hapalophloeus Schedl, Hemihylesinus Schedl), Hypothenemus Westwood ( = Chondronoderes Schedl, Archeophalus Schedl, Pachynoderes Schedl, Lepiceroides Schedl), Liparthrum Wollaston ( = Dacryophthorus Schedl), Mimiocurus Schedl ( = Micracidendron Schedl, Mimiophthorus Schedl), Miocryphalus Schedl ( = Afromicracis Schedl), Phloeoditica Schedl ( = Xylechinops Browne), Pityophthorus Eichhoff ( = Breviophthorus Schedl, Neomips Schedl), Pseudothysanoes Blackman ( = Bostrichips Schedl, Gretschkinia Sokanovskii, Neoglostatus Schedl), Scolytodes Ferrari ( = Hexacolinus Schedl, Cryphalophilus Schedl), Scolytogenes Eichhoff ( = Xylocryptus Schedl), Taphrorychus Eichhoff ( = Saliciphilus Sokanovskii, Taphroterus Schedl), Tricolus Blandford ( = Pterocyclonoides Schedl), Triotemnus Wollaston ( = Cladoproctus Schedl), Xylosandrus Reitter ( = Apoxyleborus Wood). New specific synonymy in Scolytidae is proposed for: Chortastus agnatus Eggers ( = Afromicracis baguenai Schedl), Pelicerus (now Dendrographus ) pygmaeus Eggers ( = Protopityophthorus durus Schedl). The status of Pseudomicracus Eggers is discussed. The following new genera are proposed in Scolytidae: Phloeographus (type-species: Phloeographus mamibiae Wood), Phloeocurus (type-species: Hylocurus africanus Schedl), Saurotocis (type-species: Micracidendron tomicoides Schedl), and Peridryocoetes (type-species: Ozodendron nitens Schedl). Pseudothysanoes spinatulus, new name, is proposed to replace P. spinatus Wood, 1956.     

Nomenclatural changes and new species in Scolytidae (Coleoptera), Part III

New synonymy is proposed for Phlocosinus (Hylesinus) machilus (Schedl) (= Phlocosinus cinnamomi Tsai & Yin). New replacement names are proposed for junior homonyms as follows: Cyrtogenius africus for Cyrtogenius (Metahylastes) africanus (Eggers). Cyrtogenius elongatissimus for Cyrtogenius (Ozodendron) elongatus (Schedl), Cyrtogenius elongatulus for Cyrtogenius elongatulus for Cyrtogenius (Eidophelus) elongatus (Schedl), Cyrtogenius gracillimus for Cyrtogenius gracilis Browne, Cyrtogenius papuae for Cyrtogenius (Pelicerus) papuanus (Eggers), Cyrtogenius papuensis for Cyrtogenius (Eidophelus) papuanus (Shedl), Cyrtogenius ruginosus for Cyrtogenius (mimidendrulus) rugicollis (Browne). The following species are named as new to science: Indocryphalus machili (India), Olonthogaster jiri (India), Olonthogaster regalis (Sri Lanka), Phlocosinus phoebe (India), Scolytomimus andamanensis (Andaman Islands), Scolytomimus mimusopis (Sri Lanka), ( Scolytomimus quadridens (New Guinea), and Scolytomimus rectus (Sri Lanka).