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Lewis &amp; Kojima
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Body length 
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dark red and largely bare; covered unevenly with yellow scales. Funicle with six articles. Procoxae contiguous. Eyes dimorphic (connected at base of rostrum in male; separated in female). All elytral intervals with erect scales. Erect elytral scales evenly distributed, not concentrated in bundle. Scutellum reduced. Femora without ventral tubercle or tooth. Prosternal cavity very weakly defined and without steep lateral ridges. Metaventrite flattened between meta- and mesocoxae, without a distinct elevated transverse ridge. Metatibial uncus weakly spiral-shaped in male (Fig. 
<figureCitation id="361851F3A7800E071A42200189894C9E" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Metatibial unci in Aphanerostethus (males) A – D A. magnus sp. nov. (JHLHY _ DAR _ 075) E – H A. morimotoi sp. nov. (JHLHY _ DAR _ 113) I – L A. spinosus sp. nov. (JHLHY _ DAR _ 077) M – P A. nudus sp. nov. (JHLHY _ DAR _ 012)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1217.126626.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1163066">2 M – P</figureCitation>
). Aedeagus wide at midpoint, and tapering near apex (Fig. 
<figureCitation id="22E635663759DD64F23915B99277C325" captionStart="Figure 15" captionStartId="F15" captionText="Figure 15. Aedeagi of Aphanerostethus species A, B A. bifidus sp. nov. (JHLHY _ DAR _ 102) C, D A. distinctus (Morimoto &amp; Miyakawa, 1985) (OKENT 87658) E, F A. falcatus sp. nov. (JHLHY _ DAR _ 099) G, H A. incurvatus sp. nov. (JHLHY _ DAR _ 100) I, J A. japonicus sp. nov. (JHLHY _ DAR _ 052) K, L A. magnus sp. nov. (JHLHY _ DAR _ 022) M, N A. morimotoi sp. nov. (JHLHY _ DAR _ 113) O, P A. nudus sp. nov. (JHLHY _ DAR _ 012) Q, R A. spinosus sp. nov. (JHLHY _ DAR _ 077) S, T A. taiwanus sp. nov. (JHLHY _ DAR _ 016) U, V A. vannideki Voss, 1957 (JHLHY _ DAR _ 082)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1217.126626.figure15" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1163079">15 O, P</figureCitation>
). Internal sac with basal protruding structure (Fig. 
<figureCitation id="1197483C05778E0D53BE7DD713F59F1C" captionStart="Figure 15" captionStartId="F15" captionText="Figure 15. Aedeagi of Aphanerostethus species A, B A. bifidus sp. nov. (JHLHY _ DAR _ 102) C, D A. distinctus (Morimoto &amp; Miyakawa, 1985) (OKENT 87658) E, F A. falcatus sp. nov. (JHLHY _ DAR _ 099) G, H A. incurvatus sp. nov. (JHLHY _ DAR _ 100) I, J A. japonicus sp. nov. (JHLHY _ DAR _ 052) K, L A. magnus sp. nov. (JHLHY _ DAR _ 022) M, N A. morimotoi sp. nov. (JHLHY _ DAR _ 113) O, P A. nudus sp. nov. (JHLHY _ DAR _ 012) Q, R A. spinosus sp. nov. (JHLHY _ DAR _ 077) S, T A. taiwanus sp. nov. (JHLHY _ DAR _ 016) U, V A. vannideki Voss, 1957 (JHLHY _ DAR _ 082)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1217.126626.figure15" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1163079">15 O, P</figureCitation>
).
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</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0ECPAK" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="A0A81C1E72E2F10A9F215D456E780D10">
<heading id="B862850D3D437F684919AFD91141A0E9" reason="title">Distribution.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="54A3C761BCB7EBF9D523F103A7CA8E28">
This species is currently only known from 
<collectingCountry id="EE4EA6D566A87B1F0FBA3BCEF40E6E9F" name="Malaysia">Malaysia</collectingCountry>
(Brinchang).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0EHPAK" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="84E09B53CFF9913B3584769C2A64AE59">
<heading id="5A74FA6CAF66B6FF88601BACFD577FD3" reason="title">Etymology.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="43AD342AB217645111A94821D50443D2">
The specific name 
<taxonomicName id="7BD1B462961580A2932B56F33B10E457" authorityName="Lewis &amp; Kojima" authorityYear="2024" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Aphanerostethus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nudus">
<emphasis id="163147EE013F769551046774B70A413F" italics="true">nudus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is a Latin adjective that refers to the distinctly naked (unscaled) cuticle of this species.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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