Acorthylus Brèthes, 1922: 304

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 : 63

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scientific name	Acorthylus Brèthes, 1922: 304
status

Treatment

Acorthylus Brèthes, 1922: 304 View in CoL ( Fig. 32 View Figure 32 )

Synonymy

= Phacrylus Schedl, 1938d: 24 View in CoL .

Type of genus

Acorthylus asperatus Brèthes, 1922 View in CoL .

Diagnosis

This genus can be diagnosed from all other Scolytinae by the unique second funicle segment which is much larger than the first.

References

Brethes, J. 1922. Descripcion de varios coleopteros de Buenos Aires. An. Soc. Cient. Argent. 94: 263 - 305, 9 figs.

Schedl, K. E. 1938 d. Scolytidae und Platypodidae 53. Beitrag Diagnosen neuer und Fundort bereits bekannter argentinischer Arten. Rev. Soc. Entomol. Argentina, Buenos Aires. 10: 21 - 28.

Figures

Figure 32. Images of Acorthylus spp.: Dorsal and lateral photos of A) A. gracilis, B) A. pruni. Eye and antennae of C) A. pruni, and proventriculus of D) A. pruni.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Coleoptera
Family	Curculionidae