Scolytoplatypus

Scolytoplatypus
Scolytoplatypus unipilus, the smallest known species of the genus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Curculionidae
Genus:	Scolytoplatypus Schaufuss, 1891
Diversity
About 47+ species

Scolytoplatypus is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Curculionidae. The genus contains about 47 to 50 species worldwide. In Asia, 29 species known, 11 or 12 are known in African continent and 7 species in Madagascar. ^{[1] [2]}

Males and females are strongly dimorphic. Male frons distinctly concave as opposed to the convex female frons. Asian species can be easily separated from African counterparts by having sexually dimorphic antennae.

Species

• Scolytoplatypus acuminatus
• Scolytoplatypus africanus
• Scolytoplatypus armatus
• Scolytoplatypus blandfordi
• Scolytoplatypus brahma
• Scolytoplatypus calvus
• Scolytoplatypus cirratus
• Scolytoplatypus congonus
• Scolytoplatypus curviciliosus
• Scolytoplatypus eichelbaumi
• Scolytoplatypus exiguus
• Scolytoplatypus daimio
• Scolytoplatypus darjeelingi
• Scolytoplatypus fasciatus
• Scolytoplatypus gardneri
• Scolytoplatypus hova
• Scolytoplatypus kivuensis
• Scolytoplatypus kunala
• Scolytoplatypus lopchuensis
• Scolytoplatypus luzonicus
• Scolytoplatypus macgregori
• Scolytoplatypus mikado
• Scolytoplatypus minimus
• Scolytoplatypus mutabilis
• Scolytoplatypus neglectus
• Scolytoplatypus nitidicollis
• Scolytoplatypus obtectus
• Scolytoplatypus occidentalis
• Scolytoplatypus opacicollis
• Scolytoplatypus permirus
• Scolytoplatypus pubescens
• Scolytoplatypus raja
• Scolytoplatypus ruficauda
• Scolytoplatypus rugosus
• Scolytoplatypus samsinghensis
• Scolytoplatypus shogun
• Scolytoplatypus supercilliosus
• Scolytoplatypus truncatus
• Scolytoplatypus unipilus ^[3]
• Scolytoplatypus uter
• Scolytoplatypus zahradniki ^[4]

References

1. Jordal, B. H. (2013). "Deep phylogenetic divergence between Scolytoplatypus and Remansus, a new genus of Scolytoplatypodini from Madagascar". ZooKeys (352): 9–33. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.352.6212 . PMC   3837396 . PMID   24294090.
2. Beaver, Roger A.; Gebhardt, Heiko (2006). "A review of the Oriental species of Scolytoplatypus Schaufuss". Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin – Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift. 53 (2): 155–178. doi:10.1002/mmnd.200600014.
3. Jordal, Bjarte H. (2018). "The smallest known species of Afrotropical Scolytoplatypus Schaufuss (Curculionidae, Scolytinae) – with unique features and an isolated phylogenetic position". ZooKeys (749): 125–130. Bibcode:2018ZooK..749..125J. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.749.24199 . PMC   5904514 . PMID   29674923 . Retrieved 3 April 2018.
4. "A new species of Scolytoplatypus (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) from China" (PDF). Studies and reports of District Museum Prague-East. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 April 2018. Retrieved 3 April 2018.