Pilophorus furvus species group including
furvus,
heidemanni and
nasicus is recognized by the short, squat body form, the short second antennal segment, the discontinuous posterior band of scalelike setae on the hemelytra, the absence of patches of scalelike setae on the abdominal venter, the flat vesica without a mesial spinelike process, and the habit of living on species of
Pinus.
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Scutellum of
P. furvus strongly elevated as in
heidemanni;
posterior band of hemelytral setae transverse and more or less continuous,
located at position of change in surface texture of corium, in contrast to
heidemanni and
nasicus with a discontinuous band of disjunct patches of setae located anterior to the change in hemelytral surface texture, and antennal segment 2 long.
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