Procryphalus Hopkins, 1915: 33

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 : 60

Procryphalus Hopkins, 1915: 33 ( Fig. 31 )

Type of genus

Procryphalus populi Hopkins, 1915 .

Diagnosis

Distinguished from other Ernoporini and former Cryphalini by the rounded lateral margins of the pronotum, by the eye oval, sometimes weakly emarginated, with the top half wider than the lower half, and by the proventriculus with clusters of giant spines.

Figures

Figure 31. Images of Procryphalus spp.: Dorsal and lateral photographs of A) P. fraxini, B) P. mucronatus, C) P. petioli, D) eye and antennae of P.mucronatus, E) male genitalia of P. mucronatus, F) proventriculus of P. mucronatus.