Scolytoplatypus

Scolytoplatypus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
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[]

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References[]

^ 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.
^ 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.
^ 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. doi:10.3897/zookeys.749.24199. PMC 5904514. PMID 29674923. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
^ "A new species of Scolytoplatypus (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) from China" (PDF). Studies and reports of District Museum Prague-East. Retrieved 3 April 2018.

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[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. 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. Retrieved 3 April 2018.

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