PhloeoditicaSchedl 1963: 260
Phloeoditica : Schedl 1962: 189 ( Alonso-Zarazaga and Lyal 2009 : unavailable name)
Type species:
Kissophagus curtus Eggers
Diagnosis.
Typical phloeosinine having a 5-segmented funicle and flattened club with oblique sutures and broadly separated pro- and mesocoxae. Readily recognised by a unique pair of long denticles at the outer apical margin of protibiae, and an unusually long and laterally curved inner uncus.
Description .
Size range 1.7-2.5 mm. Frons convex to moderately flattened in both sexes; antennal funicle 5-segmented, large club with two oblique sutures, the first marked by a septum, the second suture only marked by setae. Pronotum smooth, densely punctured, with short bristle-like setae. Scutellum not visible from above. Elytra with interstrial ground vestiture consisting of hair-like or scale-like setae; mesal grove immediately behind scutellum without interlocking nodules and cavities. Metepisternum clothed by plumose scales; sclerolepidia present, small and hair-like. Postnotum fused to metanotum; scutoscutellar suture parallel to scutellar groove for less than one-third of its length, then gradually curved laterally. Pleural suture nearly straight. Procoxae and metacoxae broadly separated. Outer apical angle of protibiae with a pair of projecting long socketed denticles, mostly embedded in cuticle; inner mucro extended into a large uncus curved towards outer margin.
Comments:
The name Phloeoditica is feminine as documented by Alonso-Zarazaga and Lyal (2009) .
Taxa included:
Phloeoditica curta (Eggers, 1925), Phloeoditica elegansSchedl (1963) .
Taxa excluded:
Phloeoditica phloeosinoidesBrowne (1966) to Asiophilus , Phloeoditica setosa (Eggers, 1939) to Pseudoxylechinus , Pseudoxylechinus obscura Schedl, 1963, to Pseudodiamerus (by Wood 1988 ).
Phloeoditica is a genus of bark beetles in the Phloeosinini tribe. Species includes Phloeoditica curta and Phloeoditica elegans.[1]
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.
Phloeoditica is a genus of bark beetles in the Phloeosinini tribe. Species includes Phloeoditica curta and Phloeoditica elegans.
Although previously classified in Phloeoditica, Phloeoditica obscura was transferred to Pseudodiamerus by Wood (1988). 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).
