Ctonoxylon auratum Hagedorn, 1910

Jordal, Bjarte H., 2024, An integrated taxonomic revision of Ctonoxylon (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Scolytinae) reveals new Malagasy species originating from multiple recent colonisations of the island, ZooKeys 1203, pp. 95-130 : 95-130

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1203.123757
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11373322
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scientific name	Ctonoxylon auratum Hagedorn
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Ctonoxylon auratum Hagedorn View in CoL

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Ctonoxylon auratum Hagedorn, 1910: 4. View in CoL

Type material.

Holotype: Kamerun, Conradt [leg.], coll Kraatz, Hagedorn det. [ SDEI].

Diagnosis.

Length 2.1–2.2 mm. 2.4–2.5 × as long as broad; colour brown. Eyes divided, separated by 2 / 3 the width of upper part; setae in frons mainly scale-like; anterior margin of pronotum with two teeth fused; anterior margin of prothorax from top to coxa with row of deep circular pits; propleural pit present; elytral vestiture of irregular interstrial rows of scalelike setae mixed with smaller and softer bristle-like setae, appearing somewhat fluffy; elytral apex emarginated; protibiae on anterior face with shallow groove, depth ~ 1 / 3 of tibia width.

Distribution.

Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Remarks.

The female holotype of this species is located in Muncheberg [ SDEI], not Berlin as stated in Wood and Bright (1992).