Pygmaeoborus Bright, 2019: 178

Johnson, Andrew J., Hulcr, Jiri, Knížek, Miloš, Atkinson, Thomas H., Mandelshtam, Michail Yu., Smith, Sarah M., Cognato, Anthony I., Park, Sangwook, Li, You & Jordal, Bjarte H., 2020, Revision of the Bark Beetle Genera Within the Former Cryphalini (Curculionidae: Scolytinae), Insect Systematics and Diversity 4 (3), No. 1, pp. 1-81 : 42

Pygmaeoborus Bright, 2019: 178

Type of genus

Pygmaeoborus cubensis Bright, 2019 .

Diagnosis

Similar to Hypothenemus except antennae with single suture indicated by dense setae on apical third.

Female

Antennae with three funicle segments. Antennal club without sutures except a single procurved suture indicated by dense setae on the apical third. Frons convex. Pronotum armed with six widely spaced marginal asperities. Lateral margins marked by a barely distinct fine raised line. Setae on hypomeron single and hair-like. White scale-like setae cover pronotum and elytra. Strial punctures large. Overall shape elongate, more than 3 times long as wide.

Male

Unknown.

Distribution

Cuba, USA (Florida).

Remarks

Monotypic. This genus was described in the final stages of this manuscript preparation, from a single specimen. Two additional specimens were observed from Florida. Without molecular and internal characters examined, the placement within Trypophloeini is not confirmed.

Type material examined

Photograph of the holotype of Pygmaeoborus cubensis Bright, 2019 .

Included species

Pygmaeoborus cubensis Bright, 2019: 179 .