Cladoctonus Strohmeyer

Jordal, Bjarte H., 2024, An illustrated key to the Afrotropical bark beetle species of Cladoctonus Strohmeyer (Curculionidae, Scolytinae) - a genus of rare cossonine look-alikes, Zootaxa 5514 (6), pp. 577-584 : 578

Cladoctonus Strohmeyer

Type species: Cladoctonus affinis Strohmeyer, 1911: 17 .

Diagnosis. Antennal club spherical, sutures poorly marked, funiculus (including the pedicel) 6-segmented; male frons convex and uniformly punctured, female frons variously modified; pronotum densely punctured, surface rough; elytral base procurved, dentated, at beginning of interstriae 4–6 strial punctures more strongly impressed producing a rough short longitudinal ridge; most interstriae on declivity sharply granulated; interstriae 9 long and carinate, interstriae 10 short, reaching level of metacoxae; protibiae with 4–6 socketed denticles at apical lateral margin.

Distribution: pantropical; five species in Africa. Almost all records are from dry bushland, open savannas, or sandy soil habitats ( Fig. 21 ).

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FIGURE 21. Known geographical records of Cladoctonus in Africa.