Review of the genera of Conoderinae (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) from North America, Central America, and the Caribbean
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Anzaldo, Salvatore S.
School of Life Sciences, PO Box 874501, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287 - 4501, USA
sanzaldo@asu.edu
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Archocopturus
Heller, 1895: 56
Figs 48
, 94
Type species.
Copturus regalis
Boheman, 1845 [by monotypy].
Gender.
Masculine.
Diagnosis.
Archocopturus
can be separated from the other zygopines that have a concealed pygidium and a second funicular article that is subequal to the first by the following combination of characters: the eyes are separated at the top by a small lanceolate space (Fig.
48
; also in other genera - e.g. many species of
Macrocopturus
), the vertex of head has a triangular, transversely striolate region (visible in Figs
48
and
94b
for
Archocopturus
but most noticeable in Fig.
95b
for
Cylindrocopturus
; also seen in some species of other genera, e.g.
Zygops
,
Cylindrocopturus
) the pronotum has deep, close punctures, the profemora are unarmed, and the hind femora are carinate and ventrally toothed and do not extend much beyond the abdominal apex. Additionally, all known species of
Archocopturus
have blue-green scales on the pronotum, suggesting mimicry of the dolichopodid genus
Medetera
(
Hespenheide 2005
). While this coloration is found in several other genera of
Conoderinae
, the only other zygopine with it is
Zygopsella
, which
Archocopturus
can be easily separated from by the lack of a ventral profemoral tooth and the more approximate eyes. The mesoventrite is flat in most species but posteromedially depressed in
A. championi
.
Keys
.
Hespenheide 2005
: 673.
Phylogenetic relationships.
Champion (1906b
: 42) suggests a relationship with
Zygopsella
. The two genera have in common the deep punctures of the pronotum (also in
Arachnomorpha
) and blue-green scales.
Host associations.
The South American
Archocopturus regalis
(Boheman, 1845) has been reared from branches of
Lecythidaceae
in Peru (
Fassbender 2013
).
Described species.
Four species are known from the focal region, which includes all four species described by
Hespenheide (2005)
. One additional species is known from South America (
Wibmer and
O'Brien
1986
: 270,
Hespenheide 2005
: 671).
Range.
Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras (
Hespenheide 2005
), Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama; South America.