Dryotomicus Wood

Cognato, Anthony I. & M. Smith, Sarah, 2010, Resurrection of Dryotomicus Wood and description of two new species from the Amazon River Basin (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Scolytinae, Phloeotribini), ZooKeys 56, pp. 49-64 : 52

Dryotomicus Wood genus bona

Dryotomus Chapuis 1869: 46. Type species: Dryotomus puberulus Chapuis, monobasic, preoccupied by Swainson 1831: 301. Synonymy: Schedl 1962: 487. (References in Wood and Bright 1992: 216)

Dryotomicus Wood 1962: 76. Dryotomus puberulus Chapuis, automatic. Synonymy: Wood 1982: 256. (References in Wood and Bright 1992: 217)

Diagnosis.

The asymmetrical first segment of antennal club, socketed teeth on the protibae, and rounded lateral margins of the pronotum distinguish this genus from Aricerus . The usual median tubercle(s) on the male frons, the longer second antennal funicular segment, declivitous anterior edge of the pronotum, the shallowly impressed elytral striae, and elytral declivity with scales and long setae distinguishes Dryotomicus from Phloeotribus .