New synonymy in American bark beetles (Scolytidae: Coleoptera). Part 3

Abstract

New synonymy involving American Scolytidae includes: Acan-thotomicus Blandford (= Mimips Eggers), Dendroterus Blandford (= Xylochilus Schedi), Chramesus dentatus Schaeffer (= Ch. barbatus Eggers), Cnemonyx atra-tus (Blandford) (= C. nitens Wood), C. errons (Blandford) (= Ceratolepsis brasiliensis Schedi), C. exiguus (Blandford) (= Loganius pumilus Eggers), C. minusculus (Blandford) (= Loganius vismiae Eggers), Cnesinus porcatus Bland-ford (= Cn. hicostatus Schedi), Cryptocarenus seriatus Eggers (= Cr. adustus Eggers), Dendroterus luteolus (Schedi) (= D. mundus Wood), D. mexicanus Blandford (= D. confinis Wood), D. sallaei Blandford (= Xylochilus insularis Schedi), D. striatus (LeConte) (= Plesiophthorus calif ornicus Schedi), Hylastes gracilis LeConte (= H. longus LeConte), Hylocurus elegans Eichhoff (= Hy. minor Wood), Hy. retusipennis Blandford (= Hy. bidentatus Schedi), Hy. rudis (LeConte) (= Micracis biorbis Blackman), Xyleborus asper Eggers (= X. amoe-nus Schedi), X capucinus Eichhoff (= X. capucinoides Eggers), X. caraibicus Eggers (= X. trinidadensis Schedi), X. declivis Eichhoff (= X. pseudoprocer Schedi), X. deplanatus Eggers (= X. longideclivis Wood), X. discretus Eggers (= X. usticus Wood), X. gilvipes Blandford (= X. mexicanus Eggers), X. godmani Blandford (== X. caelebs Blandford), X. guatemalensis (Hopkins) (= X. anisandrus Schedi), X. intrusus Blandford (= X. howardi Hopkins, X. scopu-lorum Hopkins), X. lecontei (Hopkins) (= X. gundlachi Eggers), X. sparsipi-losus Eggers (= X. inconveniens Schedi), X. spathipennis Eichhoff (= X. coro-natus Eichhoff, Boroxylon burgdorfi Hopkins, X. curtus Eggers, X. femoratus Eggers), X. tumucensis Hagedorn (= X. guayanensis Eggers), X. vespatorius Schedi (= X. corniculatus Schedi, X. corniculatulus Schedi), and X. volvulus (Fabricius) (= X. grenadensis Hopkins, X. vagabundus Schedi). Microborus bicolor Eggers is removed from synonymy, and the new name Acanthotomicus bidentis is proposed for the preoccupied name Mimips bidens Wood. While reviewing the Scolytidae of North and Central America in the preparation of a taxonomie monograph of the family for this area, the types of numerous species have been examined to confirm the identity of the various taxa. This has resulted in the discovery of several new synonyms. Since the monograph will not be published for several years, the new synonymy is presented below in order that names might be used in identifications and other work. The genera and then the species treated are presented in alphabetical order.