Scolytidae and Platypodidae from the Papuan Subregion and Australia. 279. Contribution to the Morphology and Taxonomy of the Sclytidae .

Abstract

In this paper two new genera, Xylogopinus in the Scolytidae and Spathicranuloides in the Platypodidae, are described. Descriptions are given of six new species of Scolytidae: Cryphalus mekeoi, Poecilips sparserugosus, Webbia quadricinctus, Xyleborus ipidia, Pyleborus tectus and Xylopopinus araucariae, and nine new species of Platypodidae: Crossotarsus chalcographus, Crossotarsus vafer, Crossotarsus ventricornis, Platypus inco- status, Platypus juvencus, Platypus lineellus, Platypus obliquetruncatus, Platypus pseudo- selysi and Spathicranuloides moikui. Two new subspecies, Crossotarsus terminatus Chapuis sedulus nov. subsp. and Platypus shoreanus Schedl tersus nov. subsp. of Platypodidae are described. Finally, descriptions are given of the females of three Platypodidae for the first time: Crossotarsus longicornis, Platypus hirtus and Platypus porcellus.