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
22.
Trigonopterus dentirostris Riedel
sp. n.
Diagnostic description.
Holotype, male (Fig. 22a). Length 1.65 mm. Color black; antenna and tarsi ferruginous. Body subovate; in dorsal aspect without constriction between pronotum and elytron; in profile with distinct constriction. Rostrum at base with median ridge and pair of submedian ridges; at middle with anteriorly hollowed protuberance dorsally bearing pair of denticles; between protuberance and epistome
relatively
flat, with sparse erect scales; epistome at middle with dorsoposteriad directed horn. Pronotum punctate-rugose, each puncture containing one narrow transparent scale; medially with indistinct ridge. Elytra with striae deeply impressed; punctures large, each containing one downcurved seta; intervals weakly costate, subglabrous. Metafemur dorsoposteriorly simple, subapically without stridulatory patch. Aedeagus (Fig. 22b). Body widening to shortly before apex; medially weakly extended; endophallus denticulate; transfer apparatus spiniform, curved; ductus ejaculatorius with weak bulbus. Intraspecific variation. Length 1.65-1.92 mm. Female rostrum dorsally even, without teeth or cavities, medially subglabrous, sublaterally punctate.
Material examined.
Holotype (MZB): ARC0538 (EMBL # FN429244), WEST NEW GUINEA, Jayapura Reg., Cyclops Mts,
S02°31.594'
,
E140°30.407'
, 1065 m, 21-XI-2007, sifted. Paratypes (ARC, SMNK, ZSM): WEST NEW GUINEA, Jayapura Reg., Cyclops Mts, Sentani: 2 exx, ARC0544 (EMBL # FN429250),
S02°31.683'
,
E140°30.281'
, 960 m, 21-XI-2007, sifted; 6 exx, ARC0545 (EMBL # FN429251), Sentani,
S02°31.776'
,
E140°30.215'
, 945 m, 21-XI-2007, sifted; 1 ex, Sentani,
S02°31.603'
,
E140°30.434'
, 1095 m, 28-XI-2007, sifted; 2 exx, Sentani, 950-1450 m, 03-X-1992; 6 exx (1 marked ARC0026), Sentani, 1000 m, 23-XII-2004, sifted; 1 ex, Sentani, 1100 m, 23-XII-2004, sifted; 3 exx, ARC1690 (EMBL # HE615977), ARC1691 (EMBL # HE615978), Angkasa indah,
S02°30.346'
,
E140°42.087'
, 490 m, 28-VI-2010, sifted.
Distribution.
Jayapura Reg. (Cyclops Mts). Elevation: 490-1095 m.
Biology.
Sifted from leaf litter in montane forest.
Etymology.
This epithet is based on a combination of the Latin nouns dens (tooth) and rostrum (snout) and refers to the dorsal protrusions of the rostrum.
Notes.
Trigonopterus dentirostris
Riedel, sp. n. was coded as "
Trigonopterus
sp. 49" by
Riedel et al. (2010)
and
Taenzler
et al. (2012)
, respectively "
Trigonopterus
spaw" in the EMBL/GenBank/DDBJ databases.