Melanesicus caledoniae (Beaver & Liu) Beaver & Petrov & Sittichaya, 2021
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4949.1.9 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:4A8E4749-DCAB-4A6B-A5D0-0812DE0EDF6E |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4636100 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039D87BA-FFF4-FFE1-D285-609D09B20C2C |
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Plazi |
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Melanesicus caledoniae (Beaver & Liu) |
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comb. nov. |
Melanesicus caledoniae (Beaver & Liu) comb. n.
Xyleborus caledoniae Beaver & Liu 2016: 26 .
Taxonomy. The senior author has examined the holotype ( MNHN) and paratypes ( QMB, RAB). A. Petrov has examined a further specimen from New Caledonia. The species is distinguished from other species of Melanesicus primarily by its elytral sculpture (see key above, and Beaver & Liu 2016) .
Distribution. The species is endemic to New Caledonia.
New record: NEW CALEDONIA: S-Prov. Refuge de Plano , 2 km NNE Farino, 21°38’55’’S 165°46’53’’E, ca. 270 m, at light, 28.-30.XI.2009, Schuh (1) ( APP) GoogleMaps .
Biology. Unknown.
Remarks. Photographs of female and male are included in Beaver & Liu (2016, Figs 5‒8 View FIGURES 5‒8 ).
No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.
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Scolytinae |
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Melanesicus caledoniae (Beaver & Liu)
| Beaver, R. A., Petrov, A. V. & Sittichaya, W. 2021 |
Xyleborus caledoniae
| Beaver, R. A. & Liu, L. - Y. 2016: 26 |