Descriptions of four new species of Leptophloeus Casey (Coleoptera: Laemophloeidae) from the United States

Michael C. Thomas; Kyle E. Schnepp

Descriptions of four new species of Leptophloeus Casey (Coleoptera: Laemophloeidae) from the United States

Authors

Michael C. Thomas
Kyle E. Schnepp

Keywords:

Flat bark beetles, taxonomy, systematics

Abstract

Four new species of Leptophloeus Casey (Coleoptera: Laemophloeidae) are described: L. barbarus Thomas and Schnepp is described from Florida; L. glacialis Thomas and Schnepp is described from Alaska; L.peregrinus Thomas and Schnepp is described from Hawaii; and L. shoshone Thomas and Schnepp is described from Wyoming. Diagnoses and figures are provided for the new species.