One hundred and three new species of Trigonopterus weevils from Sulawesi
Author
Riedel, Alexander
Author
Narakusumo, Raden Pramesa
text
ZooKeys
2019
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.828.32200
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.828.32200
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90.
Trigonopterus seticnemis Riedel
sp. n.
Diagnostic description.
Holotype, male (Fig. 90a). Length 2.79 mm. Color of antennae and legs ferruginous; remainder black. Body subovate; in dorsal aspect and in profile with weak constriction between pronotum and elytron. Rostrum dorsally with median and pair of submedian costae; intervening furrows with sparse rows of suberect scales; epistome indistinct. Pronotum with disk densely punctate with small punctures; interspaces between punctures subglabrous; median line glabrous. Elytra with striae marked by small punctures; intervals flat, with similar rows of slightly smaller punctures; stria 8 along humerus with short row of six coarse punctures, externally bordered by costa. Femora edentate. Meso- and metafemur with anteroventral ridge crenate. Metafemur dorsally punctate, with recumbent, silvery scales; subapically with stridulatory patch. Metatibia ventrally with sparse row of long setae. Abdominal ventrites 1-2 concave, subglabrous, with sparse coarse punctures each containing a scale; ventrite 5 with median, subglabrous, sparsely punctate impression, sublaterally weakly swollen, coarsely punctate, with sparse scales. Penis (Fig. 90b) with sides of body subparallel; apex subangulate, nude; apodemes 1.8
x
as long as body of penis; transfer apparatus flagelliform, 2.0
x
longer than body of penis, subapically held by lyriform supporting sclerite; ductus ejaculatorius with indistinct bulbus.
Material examined.
Holotype (MZB): ARC2998 (GenBank # MK260528), S-Sulawesi Prov., Tanah Toraja, Rantepao, Gn. Karre (= Gn. Wokim),
02°59.021'S
120°02.523'E
, 1456 m, beaten, 06-V-2013.
Distribution.
S-Sulawesi Prov. (Tanah Toraja). Elevation ca. 1460 m.
Biology.
On foliage in montane forests.
Etymology.
This epithet is a combination of the Latin nouns seta (bristle) and Greek Latinized noun cnemis (greave) and refers to the
species'
metatibia.
Notes.
Trigonopterus seticnemis
Riedel, sp. n. was coded as "
Trigonopterus
sp. 508".