Hypothenemus Westwood 1836 (coffee borer beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Curculionidae

Alternative spelling: Tomicus (Hypothenemus)

Full reference: J. O. Westwood. 1836. Description of a minute coleopterous insect, forming the type of a new subgenus allied to Tomicus, with some observations upon the affinities of the Xylophaga. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1:34-36

Parent taxon: Cryphalini according to G. O. Poinar and A. A. Legalov 2019

See also Bright and Poinar 1994, Legalov 2015, Westwood 1836 and Wood and Bright 1992

Sister taxa: Cryphalus, Ernoporicus, Ernoporus, Trypophloeus

Subtaxa: Hypothenemus avitus Hypothenemus emmi

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Ecology:

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Madagascar (1 collection)

• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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