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
Elytrurus serrulatus
Waterhouse
Figs 36, 37
Elytrurus serrulatus
Waterhouse, 1877: 10
. —
Marshall 1938: 73
, 80.
Elytrurus erromangoanus
Paulian, 1945: 198
, fig. 52 (as ssp. of
tannae
) n. syn.
Elytrurus rusticus
Pascoe, 1881: 589
. — Fairmaire 1881: 282. — Paulian 1945: 195.
Elytrurus tannae
Paulian, 1945: 195
, 197, fig.
51 n.
syn.
DESCRIPTION. — Distinguished by the following characters combined: prementum lacking setae, rostrum dorsally impressed also on basal half, sublateral carinae of rostrum for most part parallel, scape rather longer having hairs and no scales, setae at apex of elytra long, and elytral suture definitely darkened but narrowly only.
Length: 9.5-19.0 mm.
TYPE MATERIAL
. — 1)
E. serrulatus
:
holotype
male, 12.5 x
5.1 mm
, ‘Vati,
Elytrurus serrulatus
, C. Waterh.
, type’,
NHML
. 2)
E. erromangoanus
: in Paris, not present. 3)
E. rusticus
:
holotype
male, 15.7 x
6.5 mm
, ‘
New Hebrides
[
Fiji
in publication],
Elytrurus rusticus
Pasc.
, type, Pascoe Coll.’,
NHML
. 4)
E. tannae
: in Paris, not present. Identified non-type specimens with
BPBM
,
NHML
,
NZAC
.
MATERIAL EXAMINED
. —
Vanuatu
.
Efate
,
Erromango
,
Tanna
, Aneityum.
86 specimens
.
ETYMOLOGY. — The specific name ‘serrulátus’ alludes to conspicuous teeth on the lateral costa of elytra.
REMARKS. — Vati was the old name of Efate. As no specimens were apparently collected on Efate since the species was described from this island in 1877, its occurrence on the island has to be confirmed.