Curculionoidea (weevils) of New Caledonia and Vanuatu: Basal families and some Curculionidae Author Kuschel, Guillermo John T. Huber text Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 2008 197 99 250 journal article 978-2-85653-605-6 1243-4442 Orthorhinoides dugdalei n. sp. Figs 93, 165, 166 DESCRIPTION. — Integument reddish brown, darker obliquely outwards and apicad on interstriae 2-5 on middle of elytra; scaling yellow or yellowish brown, denser on sides of pronotum, humeral callus and a line on elytra extending from slightly before middle obliquely backwards to interstria 7, then running to apex after joining a similar line coming from interstria 3; apical area of elytra enclosed by outer line darker owing to sparser and finer vestiture. Head convex in front, punctate, squamose, lacking granules. Rostrum long, thin, nearly 1.3 x longer than prothorax, rather strongly rounded on sides, densely punctate at basal one-third, gradually, gradually more finely punctate apicad, squamose only at base, especially against eyes; prorostrum nearly twice as long as wide at apex. Prothorax 1.13 x broader than long, granulose-rugose, moderately convex, granules with an elongate scale or squamiform seta. Scutellum densely squamose. Elytra with well defined striae, strial puncta pupillated with a scale except on darker apical area; granules obsolete or obsolescent, a few small, more distinct granules on interstria 3 near base. Abdomen not impressed at base, pubescence appressed. Fore coxae contiguous. Fore femora distinctly longer than middle ones; hind femora extending to about end of abdomen. Fore tibiae short, robust, well short of trochanter when folded, curved, slightly asperate on lower edge at apical one-third. Fore tarsi lacking fringe of long hairs, segment 2 symmetrical, triangular, not distinctly longer than 3. Male: tegmen rather similar to that of Dracophyllius dracophylli (Fig. 164). Aedeagus [in rather teneral condition] as in Figs 165, 166; body 0.825 x 0.237 mm ; apodeme 1.250 mm , half as long again as body; internal sac with a 1.20 mm long basal sclerite, a small, more or less X-shaped steering plate, no other sclerites or rods apparent in the teneral specimen. Length: 5.8 mm . TYPE MATERIAL . — Holotype male, 6.7 x 2.4 mm , Mt. Humboldt , 950 m , 10.II.2005 , NZAC . Paratypes with MNHW , NZAC . MATERIAL EXAMINED . — New Caledonia . 1 male , Mt. Hum- rosette of Dracophyllum cf balansae, J. S. Dugdale ; Forêt Nord boldt, 950 m , 10.II.2005 , S. Cazères & C. Mille ; 1 male , Rivière ( Bot. Reserve ), 22°19’S , 166°55’E , M. Wanat. 3 specimens . Bleue , 8.XI.1988 , reared from larva that had killed terminal HOSTPLANTS. — Dracophyllum cf balansae ( Epacridaceae ). ETYMOLOGY. — The species is named after the lepidopterist J S Dugdale, Landcare Research, who found a dead terminal rosette of the hostplant still containing a weevil larva and rearing it through. REMARKS. — The vivid reddish brown colour of O. dugdalei is unique to this species of the genus.