Cladoctonus similis Nunberg, 1969

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 : 582

Cladoctonus similis Nunberg

( Figs 17–20 )

Cladoctonus similis Nunberg, 1969: 391

Type material. Holotype: Cote d’Ivoire, Bingerville, IV.1962, J. Decelle, leg. [ MRCA]

Diagnosis, male. Length 2.3 mm, 2.4 × as long as wide; frons densely punctured, with scattered setae; elytral interstriae smooth on disc, each interstriae granulated on declivity, interstrial and strial punctures subequal, in almost regular rows; elytral apex slightly extended into a tiny lip.

Distribution: Ivory Coast.

Figures

FIGURES 17–20. Dorsal, posterior, lateral and front view of Cladoctonus similis male.