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Issue: Vol. 4267 No. 1: 12 May 2017
Type: Monograph
Published: 2017-05-12
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4267.1.1
Page range: 1–63
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Review of Cycadophila Xu, Tang & Skelley (Coleoptera: Erotylidae: Pharaxonothinae) inhabiting Cycas (Cycadaceae) in Asia, with descriptions of a new subgenus and thirteen new species

Florida State Collection of Arthropods, Florida Department of Agriculture – DPI, P.O.Box 147100, Gainesville, FL 32614-7100, USA.
Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst MA 01003, USA.
USDA APHIS PPQ South Florida, P.O. Box 660520, Miami, FL 33266, USA.
Nong Nooch Tropical Botanical Garden 34/1 Moo 7 Na Jomtien, Sattahip, Chonburi 20250, THAILAND.
Western Pacific Tropical Research Center, College of Natural and Applied Sciences, University of Guam, Mangilao, Guam 96923, USA.
Botanic Garden, CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow - 226001, Uttar Pradesh, INDIA.
University School of Environment Management, G.G.S. Indraprastha University, Dwarka 16C, New Delhi - 110 075, INDIA.
University School of Environment Management, G.G.S. Indraprastha University, Dwarka 16C, New Delhi - 110 075, INDIA.
Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst MA 01003, USA.
cycad pollination Oriental region taxonomy Coleoptera

Abstract

The genus Cycadophila Xu, Tang & Skelley (Coleoptera: Erotylidae: Pharaxonothinae) associated with Cycas L. (Cycadacaeae) in Asia is reviewed. Strobilophila, new subgenus, with five species is described: Cycadophila (Strobilophila) assamensis new species, C. (S.) hiepi new species, C. (S.) kwaiensis new species, C. (S.) tansachai new species and C. (S.) yangi new species, all associated with Cycas. For the nominate subgenus Cycadophila eight new species are described, Cycadophila (Cycadophila) abyssa new species, C. (C.) collina new species,C. (C.) samara new species, C. (C.) convexa new species, C. (C.) cyclochasma new species, C. (C.) eurynota new species, C. (C.) papua new species, and C. (C.) torquata new species and four new generic combinations are proposed: C. (C.) vittata (Arrow) new combination, C. (C.) discimaculata (Mader) new combination, C. (C.) intermedia (Chûjô) new combination, and C. (C.) lata (Grouvelle) new combination. Only the first three listed species of the nominate subgenus have known associations with Cycas. Species are distinguished on the basis of morphology and/or by analysis of 16S rRNA gene sequences. The larva of subgenus Strobilophila is described based on individuals collected together with adults and matched with analysis of 16S rRNA gene sequences. Keys to subgenera and species of known adults and larvae are provided.

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