To the knowledge of the genus Calidiopsis Heller, 1912 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Celeuthetini), the first record of C. granosa Heller, 1923 from Mindanao Island (Philippines)
Author
Rukmane-Bārbale, Anita
text
Baltic Journal of Coleopterology
2023
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00345-024-05124-9
journal article
10.59893/bjc.23(1).014
1407-8619
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Calidiopsis granosa
Heller, 1923
(Fig. 1,2,3)
Figure 1.
Calidiopsis granosa
Heller, 1923
.
A
– male, dorsal view.
B
– female, dorsal view. 120
Figure 2. Male genitalia of
Calidiopsis granosa
Heller, 1923
. Aedeagus in lateral view, sternite IX in dorsal view. Scale bar 1mm.
Original description:
‘’
Calidiopsis granosa
sp. n.
Niger
, parcenigrosetosa, rostro dorso dense albido, prothorace elytrisque ubique, illosqamulis minutissimis parcisque, his squamulis paulomaioribuc in loculis acervatis, canis; prothorace granulis magnitudine diversa dense obsito; elytrisseriato-granulatis, granulisnitidis, spatium sigulum explentibus, pedibus subtiliter glauco-squamosis. Long. 9-10,5, lat. 3,5-4,5 mm. Insula: Basilan (N. 7314, 15 110, 13 178).’’ (
Heller, 1923
).
Notes on types:
The original description was based on
two specimens
now deposited in
MTD
(
Dresden
,
Germany
) both from
Island of Basilan. The
label data of
Holotype
include five labels: ‘’1922 / 6’’ (yellow rectangular label); ‘’Island of /
Basilan
/
Baker’
’ (brown rectangular label); ‘’7314’’ (brown rectangular label); ‘
’
C. granosa
/
Typus’
’ (red rectangular label); ‘’Staatl. Museum fur / Tierkunde. Dresden’’ (white rectangular label) (
Fig. 3
).
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Rukmane-Bārbale A.
Figure 3.
Calidiopsis granosa
Heller, 1923
: Paratype (MTD).
External morphological features:
Male:
Body
black, with markings of single light scales on rostrum dorsally and elytra; femur, tibia and tarsus bare black or marked with single, light scales of round shape; antennae bare or marked with single, light scales of round shape;
Rostrum
smooth, widened to apex, with light pubescence to longer, light hairs along impressions; deep medial longitudinal groove dorsally; two deep impressions at base near the eyes; two large impressions along antennal scape.
Eyes
large, strongly bulging from the outline of the head, two times as wide as forehead each.
Antennae
with scape slightly longer than funicle and club, scape with long setae on all length, widened to apex;
Prothorax
strongly rugose, in dorsal contour widest just before the middle, in lateral contour curved along apical 1/2; without markings of light scales;
Elytra
ellipsoidal, strongly granulated, with expressed longi-
122 tudinal intervals; in dorsal contour widest just at the middle, in lateral contour gradually rounded, peak just at the middle; apical half of elytra with single setae; rare single light scales of round shape mingled on all length, density of scales vary along specimens. Dorsal habitus as showed in
Fig. 1A
. Aedegal body as showed in
Fig. 2
.
Female: Bigger, prothorax and elytra more strongly rounded, hairs on legs (femur, tibia, tarsus), antenae and elytra longer, dense. Otherwise as in males. Dorsal habitus as shown in
Fig. 1B
.
Measurements:
Male: LB: 6.8 - 8.6 (mean 7.7), LE: 4.5 - 5.9 (mean 5.2), LP: 2.1 - 2.6 (mean 2.4), LR: 1.0 - 1.3 (mean 1.2), WE: 3.7 - 4.1 (mean 3.9), WP: 1.9 - 2.0 (mean 1.95), WR: 0.8 - 1.0 (mean 0.9) (N=4 for all measurements); Female: LB: 8.5 – 9.2 (mean 8.8), LE: 6.0 – 6.7 (mean 6.4), LP: 2.8 – 2.9 (mean 2.85), LR: 1.2 - 1.4 (mean 1.3), WE: 4.6 – 4.8 (mean 4.7), WP: 2.3 – 2.6 (mean 2.45), WR: 1.1 – 1.3 (mean 1.2) (N=3 for all measurements).
Material examined:
7 ex.
(
4 males
,
3 females
) ‘’
PHILIPPINES
/
Mindanao
,
Zamboanga
,
Siocon
/
VIII. 2022
/ local collector leg.’’ (white rectangular label, printed)
.
Distribution:
Basilan
Island and Southern
Zamboanga
(Siocon).