Microsomus atomus Bright, 2019

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 : 41

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.1093/isd/ixaa002
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scientific name	Microsomus atomus Bright, 2019
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Treatment

Microsomus atomus Bright, 2019 .

Diagnosis

This genus can be distinguished from other Trypophloeini by the antennae, with a single, procurved suture, and by the lack of any vestiture on the elytra.

Bright, D. E. 2019. A Taxonomic Monograph of the Bark and Ambrosia Beetles of the West Indies (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea: Scolytidae). Studies on West Indian Scolytidae (Coleoptera) 7. Occas. Pap. Flo. State Collect. Arthropods. 12: 1 - 491.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Coleoptera
Family	Curculionidae
Genus	Microsomus

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