One hundred and one new species of Trigonopterus weevils from New Guinea
Author
Riedel, Alexander
Author
Sagata, Katayo
Author
Surbakti, Suriani
Author
Rene Taenzler,
Author
Michael Balke,
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ZooKeys
2013
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.280.3906
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.280.3906
1313-2970-280-1
85.
Trigonopterus subglabratus Riedel
sp. n.
Diagnostic description.
Holotype, male (Fig. 85a). Length 2.09 mm. Color ferruginous, pronotum and elytra black with bronze lustre. Body subovate; without constriction between pronotum and elytron; in profile evenly convex. Rostrum with weak median ridge, pair of submedian furrows, sparsely squamose. Pronotum anteriorly sparsely punctate with small punctures, with yellowish ovate to elongate scales; disk subglabrous. Elytra subglabrous, striae obsolete except stria 4 and suture weakly incised; subapically laterally sparsely squamose. Anteroventral ridges of femora simple. Metafemur with dorsoposterior edge simple, subapically without stridulatory patch. Metaventrite and abdominal ventrites 1-2 forming common concavity. Abdominal ventrite 5 markedly swollen, subapi
cally
with shallow impression. Aedeagus (Fig. 85b) with apex rounded; in profile dorsal contour forming right angle; transfer apparatus very short, spiniform. Intraspecific variation. Length 2.09-2.48 mm. Female rostrum in apical half sparsely punctate with minute punctures. Female metaventrite and abdominal ventrites 1-2 less markedly concave.
Material examined.
Holotype (MZB): ARC0638 (EMBL # FN429291), WEST NEW GUINEA, Jayapura Reg., Cyclops Mts, Doyo,
S02°32.478'
,
E140°28.835'
, 365 m, 27-XI-2007, sifted. Paratypes (ARC, SMNK, ZSM): WEST NEW GUINEA, Jayapura Reg., Cyclops Mts, Sentani: 1 ex, ARC0514 (EMBL # FN429220),
S02°32.031'
,
E140°30.412'
, 710 m, 02-XII-2007, sifted; 2 exx, ARC0633 (EMBL # FN429288), ARC0634 (EMBL # FN429289), Sentani,
S02°32.221'
,
E140°30.526'
, 575 m, 19-XI-2007, sifted.
Distribution.
Jayapura Reg. (Cyclops Mts). Elevation: 365-710 m.
Biology.
Sifted from leaf litter in primary forest.
Etymology.
This epithet is based on a combination of the Latin prefix sub- (less than; almost) and the participle glabratus (smoothened). It refers to its smooth body surface.
Notes.
Trigonopterus subglabratus
Riedel, sp. n. was coded as "
Trigonopterus
sp. 47" by
Riedel et al. (2010)
and
Taenzler
et al. (2012)
, respectively "
Trigonopterus
spat" in the EMBL/GenBank/DDBJ databases.