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<bibRefCitationid="EF9302BEFFFDFF82BCE2CB226C28F8B2"author="Kuschel"box="[953,1120,1885,1912]"firstAuthor="Kuschel"pageId="11"pageNumber="12"pagination="229 - 279"refId="ref16316"refString="Kuschel G. 1952. Los Curculionidae de la Cordillera Chileno-Argentina (1. a parte). Revista Chilena de Entomologia 2: 229 - 279."type="journal article"year="1952">Kuschel, 1952</bibRefCitation>
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<bibRefCitationid="EF9302BEFFFDFF82BF9ECBFF69C8F850"author="Hustache A."box="[197,384,1920,1946]"firstAuthor="Hustache"journalOrPublisher="Revue de Zoologie et Botanique africaines"pageId="11"pageNumber="12"pagination="43 - 89"part="12"refId="ref16111"refString="Hustache A. 1924. Curculionides nouveaux du Congo. Partie 2. Revue de Zoologie et Botanique africaines 12: 43 - 89, 353 - 396."title="Curculionides nouveaux du Congo. Partie 2"type="journal article"year="1924">Hustache, 1924</bibRefCitation>
<taxonomicNameid="4C0204CCFFFDFF82BC50CBFE6C25F851"authority="(Marshall, 1950)"authorityName="Haran & Beaudoin-Ollivier & Benoit & Kuschel"authorityYear="2020"baseAuthorityName="Marshall"baseAuthorityYear="1950"box="[779,1133,1920,1947]"class="Insecta"family="Curculionidae"genus="Prosoestus"kingdom="Animalia"order="Coleoptera"pageId="11"pageNumber="12"phylum="Arthropoda"rank="species"species="spatulifer"status="comb. nov.">
<bibRefCitationid="EF9302BEFFFDFF82BCF5CBFF6C2CF851"author="Marshall"box="[942,1124,1920,1947]"firstAuthor="Marshall"pageId="11"pageNumber="12"pagination="725 - 750"refId="ref16691"refString="Marshall G. A. K. 1950. LXV. - New Curculionidae (Col.) from tropical Africa. Journal of Natural History Series 12, 3 (33): 725 - 750. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222935008654101"type="journal article"year="1950">Marshall, 1950</bibRefCitation>
<bibRefCitationid="EF9302BEFFFDFF82BB48CBDB6CEBF874"author="Faust"box="[1043,1187,1956,1982]"firstAuthor="Faust"pageId="11"pageNumber="12"pagination="224 - 226"refId="ref15508"refString="Faust J. 1898. Drei neue Derelomus - Arten von West-Afrika. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 59: 224 - 226."type="journal article"year="1898">Faust, 1898</bibRefCitation>
<taxonomicNameid="4C0204CCFFFDFF82BFBACBB86A73F82B"authority="(Faust, 1898)"authorityName="Haran & Beaudoin-Ollivier & Benoit & Kuschel"authorityYear="2020"baseAuthorityName="Faust"baseAuthorityYear="1898"box="[225,571,1991,2017]"class="Insecta"family="Curculionidae"genus="Elaeidobius"higherTaxonomySource="GBIF"kingdom="Animalia"order="Coleoptera"pageId="11"pageNumber="12"phylum="Arthropoda"rank="species"species="kamerunicus"status="comb. nov.">
<bibRefCitationid="EF9302BEFFFDFF82BEFCCBB86A7BF82B"author="Faust"box="[423,563,1991,2017]"firstAuthor="Faust"pageId="11"pageNumber="12"pagination="224 - 226"refId="ref15508"refString="Faust J. 1898. Drei neue Derelomus - Arten von West-Afrika. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 59: 224 - 226."type="journal article"year="1898">Faust, 1898</bibRefCitation>
<paragraphid="8BBD7F4FFFFAFF85BFE6CE8A6D20FCF8"blockId="12.[189,1398,757,818]"pageId="12"pageNumber="13">COLOUR. Dull dark brown, elytra with large yellow or reddish brown spot on either side at apex and on all or part of base, in male with long erect setae on margins, erect setae and a setiferous tuft on suture.</paragraph>
<paragraphid="8BBD7F4FFFFAFF85BFE6CF256A4AFC17"blockId="12.[189,1399,857,989]"pageId="12"pageNumber="13">HEAD. Forehead in male with prominent carinae against eyes and depressed between them, in female with low or obsolescent carina and not depressed; rostrum in male 1.1 × as short as prothorax, in female 1.5 × as long as prothorax, cylindrical, 5-carinate in basal half, underside in male with short erect hairs and no postmental tubercle.</paragraph>
<paragraphid="8BBD7F4FFFFAFF85BFE6C87A6A39FBAF"blockId="12.[189,1399,1028,1125]"pageId="12"pageNumber="13">PROTHORAX. Disc in lateral view nearly flat, usually with minute fovea on either side of middle; carina fine, in male obsolete or obsolescent on basal half, ending in prominent, somewhat auriculate carina without constriction at base of collar.</paragraph>
ELYTRA. In male alutaceous, dull, moderately curved from shoulders to apex; base of interstria 4 usually raised to a yellow tumour or swelling bare of erect hairs; apical ¾ of sutural interstria raised, bearing long erect setae; interstria
GENITALIA. Penis as long as last three ventrites; body about 3 × longer than wide (ratio w/l: 0.36), symmetrical, sides sub-parallel, relatively broadly rounded at apex (
<figureCitationid="133963CAFFFAFF85BC90C9C06C61FA13"box="[971,1065,1471,1497]"captionStart="Fig"captionStartId="18.[189,232,1781,1807]"captionTargetBox="[203,1381,343,1664]"captionTargetId="figure@18.[189,1398,326,1679]"captionTargetPageId="18"captionText="Fig. 4. Penis of males of species of the genus Elaeidobius Kuschel, 1952 in dorsal (left) and lateral (right) view. A. E. bilineatus (Hustache, 1924) comb. nov., Dakar, Senegal. B. E. spatulifer (Marshall, 1950) comb. nov., holotype, Thysville, Democratic Republic of Congo (MRAC). C. E. subvittatus (Faust, 1898), Dakar, Senegal. D. E. kamerunicus (Faust, 1898) comb. nov. (JHAR00209). E. E. pilimargo Haran & Kuschel sp. nov. (JHAR00409). F. E. piliventris Haran & Kuschel sp. nov. (JHAR02182). G. E. plagiatus (Fåhraeus, 1844) comb. nov. (JHAR00272). H. E. singularis (Faust, 1898) comb. nov. (JHAR00283). Scale bars = 100 µm."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3959121"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3959121/files/figure.png"pageId="12"pageNumber="13">Fig. 4D</figureCitation>
, the oil palm. Males and females show a peak of flight activity around the inflorescences between 3 and 6 hours after sunrise (
<bibRefCitationid="EF9302BEFFFAFF85BB1ACA0A6D61F945"author="Auffray"box="[1089,1321,1653,1680]"etAl="et al."firstAuthor="Auffray"pageId="12"pageNumber="13"pagination="1 - 6"refId="ref15002"refString="Auffray T., Frerot B., Poveda R., Louise C. & Beaudoin-Ollivier L. 2017. Diel patterns of activity for insects pollinators of two oil palm species (Arecales: Arecaceae). Journal of Insect Science 17 (2): 1 - 6. https: // doi. org / 10.1093 / jisesa / iex 018"type="journal article"year="2017">
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(Aek Loba, Bangun Bandar, Kota Gelanggi, Lae Butar, Mata Pao, Negeri Lama, Seumanyam, Sungei Liput, Tanah Gambus, Bangka, Belitung, Kalimantan Center, East Kalimantan, Lampung, North Sumatra, Papua, Riau, West Kalimantan, South Kalimantan, South Sumatra);
<taxonomicNameid="4C0204CCFFFBFF84BFE6CD9A69AFFE35"authorityName="Haran & Beaudoin-Ollivier & Benoit & Kuschel"authorityYear="2020"baseAuthorityName="Faust"baseAuthorityYear="1898"box="[189,487,485,511]"class="Insecta"family="Curculionidae"genus="Elaeidobius"higherTaxonomySource="GBIF"kingdom="Animalia"order="Coleoptera"pageId="13"pageNumber="14"phylum="Arthropoda"rank="species"species="kamerunicus">
is distinctive in its dark body colour and yellow spots on elytra. This species is being imported by increasing numbers of countries to facilitate pollination of oil palms in plantations (
<bibRefCitationid="EF9302BEFFFBFF84BF9ECE54690FFD8F"author="Syed"box="[197,327,555,581]"firstAuthor="Syed"pageId="13"pageNumber="14"pagination="547 - 561"refId="ref17077"refString="Syed R. A., Law L. H. & Corley R. H. W. 1982. Insect pollination of oil palm: introduction, establishment and pollinating efficiency of Elaeidobous kamerunicus in Malaysia. Planter 58: 547 - 561."type="journal article"year="1982">Syed 1982</bibRefCitation>
). In its native range,
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exhibits two genetically differentiated populations that are roughly distributed on each side of the cameroon volcanic line (
<bibRefCitationid="EF9302BEFFFBFF84BC80CE306CF8FDA3"author="Haran"box="[987,1200,591,617]"etAl="et al."firstAuthor="Haran"pageId="13"pageNumber="14"refId="ref15943"refString="Haran J., Ndzana Abanda R. F. X., Benoit L., Bakoume C. & Ollivier L. 2020. Multilocus phylogeography of the world populations of Elaeidobius kamerunicus (Coleoptera, Curculionidae), pollinator of the palm Elaeis guineensis. Bulletin of Entomological Research. https: // doi. org / 10.1017 / S 0007485320000218"type="book"year="2020">
without more detailed indications. In the collection of J. Faust housed at MTD, we found this specimen with the identification “
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<bibRefCitationid="EF9302BEFFFBFF84BB7DCEC66CE6FD18"author="Faust"box="[1062,1198,696,723]"firstAuthor="Faust"pageId="13"pageNumber="14"pagination="224 - 226"refId="ref15508"refString="Faust J. 1898. Drei neue Derelomus - Arten von West-Afrika. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 59: 224 - 226."type="journal article"year="1898">Faust, 1898</bibRefCitation>
<bibRefCitationid="EF9302BEFFFBFF84BD12CEA46B49FD3F"author="Hustache A."box="[585,769,731,757]"firstAuthor="Hustache"journalOrPublisher="Revue de Zoologie et Botanique africaines"pageId="13"pageNumber="14"pagination="43 - 89"part="12"refId="ref16111"refString="Hustache A. 1924. Curculionides nouveaux du Congo. Partie 2. Revue de Zoologie et Botanique africaines 12: 43 - 89, 353 - 396."title="Curculionides nouveaux du Congo. Partie 2"type="journal article"year="1924">Hustache, 1924</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
was described based on a series of individuals from two localities of the
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<taxonomicNameid="4C0204CCFFFBFF84BCF4CF5D6C91FCF6"authorityName="Haran & Beaudoin-Ollivier & Benoit & Kuschel"authorityYear="2020"baseAuthorityName="Faust"baseAuthorityYear="1898"box="[943,1241,802,828]"class="Insecta"family="Curculionidae"genus="Elaeidobius"higherTaxonomySource="GBIF"kingdom="Animalia"order="Coleoptera"pageId="13"pageNumber="14"phylum="Arthropoda"rank="species"species="kamerunicus">
<bibRefCitationid="EF9302BEFFFBFF84BA55CF5D6946FC95"author="Marshall"firstAuthor="Marshall"pageId="13"pageNumber="14"pagination="551 - 577"refId="ref16645"refString="Marshall G. A. K. 1930. LVIII. - New Curculionidae, with notes on synonymy. Journal of Natural History Series 10, 6 (35): 551 - 577. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222933008673252"type="journal article"year="1930">Marshall (1930)</bibRefCitation>
, but no particular specimen from these series was designated as
was described based on a series of individuals from two localities of the
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and Haut-Uelé, Moto, 1920). This species was also put in synonymy with
<taxonomicNameid="4C0204CCFFFBFF84BB58C8666CF6FBF8"authorityName="Haran & Beaudoin-Ollivier & Benoit & Kuschel"authorityYear="2020"baseAuthorityName="Faust"baseAuthorityYear="1898"box="[1027,1214,1048,1074]"class="Insecta"family="Curculionidae"genus="Elaeidobius"higherTaxonomySource="GBIF"kingdom="Animalia"order="Coleoptera"pageId="13"pageNumber="14"phylum="Arthropoda"rank="species"species="kamerunicus">
<taxonomicNameid="4C0204CCFFFBFF84BBB1C867691BFB9F"authorityName="Haran & Beaudoin-Ollivier & Benoit & Kuschel"authorityYear="2020"baseAuthorityName="Faust"baseAuthorityYear="1898"class="Insecta"family="Curculionidae"genus="Elaeidobius"higherTaxonomySource="GBIF"kingdom="Animalia"order="Coleoptera"pageId="13"pageNumber="14"phylum="Arthropoda"rank="species"species="kamerunicus">
<bibRefCitationid="EF9302BEFFFBFF84BED5C8446A1BFB9F"author="Marshall"box="[398,595,1083,1109]"firstAuthor="Marshall"pageId="13"pageNumber="14"pagination="551 - 577"refId="ref16645"refString="Marshall G. A. K. 1930. LVIII. - New Curculionidae, with notes on synonymy. Journal of Natural History Series 10, 6 (35): 551 - 577. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222933008673252"type="journal article"year="1930">Marshall (1930)</bibRefCitation>
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