title: Cycadophila, a new genus (Coleoptera: Erotylidae: Pharaxonothinae) inhabiting Cycas debaoensis (Cycadaceae) in Asia.
abstract: Asian species assigned to Pharaxonotha Reitter formed a separate clade from New World species of the genus and are distinguished on the basis of morphology and analysis of 16S rRNA gene sequences. Cycadophila, new genus, is described based on a consideration of four Asian species in comparison with New World Pharaxonotha. This new genus includes two new species (Cycadophila debaonica new species and Cycadophila fupingensis new species) and two previously described species (Cycadophila nigra (Gorham) new combination and Cycadophila yunnanensis (Grouvelle) new combination). These latter two may represent species complexes. Lectotypes are designated for Thallis nigra Gorham and Pharaxonotha yunnanensis Grouvelle. Larvae of C. debaonica and C. fupingensis are described based on individuals collected on the cones of Cycas debaoensis Y. C. Zhong & C. J. Chen (Cycadaceae), a cycad native to Guangxi and Yunnan provinces, China.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant, Soil & Insect Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst MA 01003.; Email: gxu@umass.edu.
authors.forename: Guang
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.affiliation: USDA APHIS PPQ South Florida, P.O. Box 660520, Miami, FL 33266.; Email: william.tang@aphis.usda.gov.
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.affiliation: Florida State Collection of Arthropods, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services- Division of Plant Industry, 1911 SW 34th St., P.O. Box 147100, Gainesville, FL 32614-7100; Email: Paul.Skelley@FreshFromFlorida.com.
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Skelley
authors.affiliation: Horticulture Dept., Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510225, China; Email: liunian678@163.com.
authors.forename: Nian
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant, Soil & Insect Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst MA 01003.; Email: smrich@umass.edu.
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rich
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002681:China; D001517:Coleoptera / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000502:physiology; D029784:Cycas / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D007814:Larva / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D011058:Pollen / Q000378:metabolism