Scolytidae and Platypodidae of the Archbold Expeditions to New Guinea. 280 Contributions to the Morphology and Taxonomy of the Scolytoidea.

Abstract

In this paper a new genus Protopityopthorus in the Scolytidae is described. Descrip- tions are given of eleven new species of Scolytidae: Poecilips suaui, Ozodendron curtus, Eidophelus papuanus, Eidophelus subgranosus, Eidophelus tuberculatus, Protopityoph thorus durus, Xyleborus chimbui, Xyleborus fuyugei, Xyleborus rosseli, Xyleborus suaui, Xyleborus timidus, and of three new species of Platypodidae: Crossotarsus motui, Platypus acuticornis and Platypus obliquesectus. A new subspecies of Scolytidae: Eidophelus subgranosus Schedl subaffinis nov. subsp., is described.