Coptoborus incultus (Wood, 1975) Smith & Cognato, 2021

Smith, Sarah M. & Cognato, Anthony I., 2021, A revision of the Neotropical genus Coptoborus Hopkins (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Scolytinae, Xyleborini), ZooKeys 1044, pp. 609-720 : 609

Coptoborus incultus (Wood, 1975) comb. nov. Figure 8D-F, N

Xyleborus incultus Wood, 1975b: 400.

Theoborus incultus (Wood): Wood 1982: 773.

Type material.

Holotype (NMNH), examined.

New records.

None.

Diagnosis.

2.3 mm, 2.6 × as long as wide ( Wood 1975b). This species is distinguished by the elytral apex attenuate and weakly emarginate, declivital interstriae 2 granulate only on basal third, declivital interstriae 2 strongly impressed, posterolateral margin of declivity with interstriae 3 and 9 joining, forming a carina and continuing submarginally to apex, declivital interstriae distinctly impressed, anterior margin of pronotum with a pair of projecting serrations.

Similar species.

C. atlanticus , C. crassisororcula .

Distribution.

Mexico (Campeche), Panama ( Panamá).

Biology.

This species is only known from a Cecropia ( Urticaceae ) branch ( Wood and Bright 1992).

Figures

Figure 8. Dorsal, lateral, frontal and declivital view of Coptoborus incomptus holotype, 1.7 - 1.9 mm (A-C, M), C. incultus holotype, 2.3 mm (D-F, N), C. inornatus paratype, 1.8 mm (G-I, O), C. janeway holotype, 2.0 mm (J-L, P). All photographs by SMS except G-I, O by T. H. Atkinson, copyright National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C., published by permission.