Scolytus dimidiatus Chapuis, 1869

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Scolytus dimidiatus Chapuis ( Coleoptera : Curculionidae ) ( Fig. 7 )

Diagnosis: Males are distinguished by a simple large spine in the sternum 2 with a tuf of hair in the base, frons not strongly elevated. Females have a dense brush of hair above the eyes. Adults are 2.1 to 3.2 mm.

Distribution: Caribbean: Cuba (Cienfuegos Province), Jamaica; Central America: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama; North America: Mexico; South America: Venezuela.

Hosts: Recorded from Papilionaceae ( Lonchocarpus ) and Rhamna- ceae ( Rhamnus ).

Notes: This is the only Scolytus species recorded from the Caribbean.

Figures

Fig. 7. Dorsal and lateral view of female (lef) and male (right) Scolytus dimidiatus. Scale bar: 2 mm. Permission to publish from the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA.