dc:creator"Sanz-Veiga, Priscila A.; Savaris, Marcoandre; Leivas, Fernando W. T.; Medeiros, Alexandre Da Silva; Amorim, Felipe W.";
dc:date"2023";
dc:title"A new seed-feeding species of Hemicolpus Heller, 1895 from south Brazil and redescription of Hemicolpus abdominalis Hustache, 1938 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Conoderinae)";
dc:description"FIGURES 2–5. Adult of Hemicolpus maragatensis 2) Habitus, male lateral view. 3) Habitus, male dorsal view. Scale bars = 1 mm. 4) Lateral view, highlighting the sclerolepidia (white arrow). Scale bar = 0.2 mm. 5) Prothorax ventral view; a. showing the yellowish flat scales on the sternellum (red arrow) within the prosternal canal and the mesoventral canal (blue arrow). Scale bar = 0.5 mm. b. Strongly excavated meso- and metaventral canal after removing the pronotum, showing the mesoventral carina (red arrow) and the lateral patch of whitish scales (blue arrow). Scale bar = 0.2 mm.";
dc:description"FIGURES 15–20. Hemicolpus maragatensis external sexual dimorphism 15) Lateral view of the male rostrum. 16) Lateral view of the female rostrum. Scale bars = 0.5 mm. 17) Male rostrum dorsal view. 18) Female rostrum dorsal view. Scale bars = 0.5 mm. 19) Male ventral view showing the depression within the first ventrite with the yellowish patch of scales (red arrow) and the pair of tubercles on the second abdominal ventrite (blue arrow). 20) Female ventral view. Scale bars = 1 mm.";
dc:description"FIGURES 6–9. Hemicolpus maragatensis 6) Male frontal view of the head and pronotum, highlighting the triangular, glabrous patch on the inner basal angle of the mesanepisternum (red arrows). Scale bar = 0.5 mm. 7) Hindleg; a. showing the longitudinal carina on the inner face of the metafemur (white arrow). Scale bar = 0.2 mm. b. detail of the tibial apex, the curved uncus, the inner flange, and a small premucro (black arrow). Scale bar = 0.1 mm. 8) Ventral view of elytra, showing the subapical microtrichia field (red arrow) and the left elytron flange along the suture line (black arrow). Scale bar = 0.5 mm. 9) Posterior view of abdominal ventrites II to V, highlighting the second ventrite concavity covered with a dense patch of brown scales (green arrow). Scale bar = 0.5 mm.";
dc:description"FIGURES 10–14. Hemicolpus maragatensis 10) Mesonotum highlighting the axillary cord (red arrow). Scale bar = 0.2 mm. 11) Dissected meso- and metaventrites, with the white line highlighting the mesendosternite. Scale bar = 0.2 mm. 12) Structure of the metanotum. Scale bar = 0.5 mm. 13) Metendosternite. Scale bar = 0.2 mm. 14) Hindwing. Scale bar = 0.5 mm.";
dc:description"FIGURES 31–34. Adult of Hemicolpus abdominalis 31) Habitus, female lateral view. 32) Habitus, female dorsal view. Scale bars = 1 mm. 33) Lateral view with detail of sclerolepidia (white arrow). Scale bar = 0.2 mm. 34) Prothorax ventral view a. showing the yellowish flat scales on the sternellum (red arrow) within the prosternal canal and the mesoventral canal (blue arrow). Scale bar = 0.2 mm. b. Detail of the meso- and metaventral canal after removing the pronotum, showing the mesoventral carina (red arrow) and the lateral patch of yellowish scales (blue arrow). Scale bar = 0.2 mm.";
dc:description"FIGURES 39–43. Hemicolpus abdominalis 39) Mesonotum, showing the axillary cord (red arrow). Scale bar = 0.2 mm. 40) Dissected meso- and metaventrites with the white line highlighting the mesendosternite. Scale bar = 0.2 mm. 41) Structure of the metanotum. Scale bar = 0.5 mm. 42) Metendosternite. Scale bar = 0.2 mm. 43) Hindwing. Scale bar = 0.5 mm.";
dc:description"FIGURE 1. Geographical distribution of Hemicolpus abdominalis (blue symbols) and H. maragatensis (red symbols), showing the widespread distribution of H. abdominalis in the Brazilian Cerrado biome, and more restricted distribution of H. maragatensis in the southern region of the Atlantic Forest in Brazil. Triangles represent records from literature and entomological collections and circles the records of insects reared from fruits.";
