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 Maleuterpes montanus n. sp. Fig. 73 DESCRIPTION. — Derm yellowish or reddish brown. Scaling dull, colour pattern as in M. acutus above; interstrial setae raised, semierect, more easily seen in lateral view of elytral dorsum. Prothorax, in male, with a transversely raised area across middle appearing, in lateral view, as a tubercle. Elytra jointly rounded at apex in both sexes. Sutural tooth of male small; interstriae 3, 5 and 7 nearly as flat as other interstriae. Fore femora in female not distinctly curved on lower edge. Claws thin, somewhat atrophied, especially the internal claw. Length: 2.4-2.8 mm . TYPE MATERIAL . — Holotype male, 2.6 x 1.2 mm , Mt. Koghi , 600 m , NZAC . Paratypes BPBM , NZAC , QMBA . MATERIAL EXAMINED . — New Caledonia . 1 female , Vallée 480 m , 10.XII.2004 - 9.I.2005 , Monteith & Grimbacher ; 1 female , d’Amoa, 7.II.1963 , C. M. Yoshimoto ; 1 male , 2 females , Mt. Ko- Cap Ndoua, 22°23’S , 166°55’E , 50 m , 28.XI.2004 - 8.I. 2005 , G. ghi, 600 m , 12.X.1978 , G. Kuschel ; Forêt de Thy , 1 female , 550 m , B. Monteith. 7 specimens . 1.III.1960 , J. L. Gressitt; 1 female , Forêt Nord, 22°19’S , 166°55’E , ETYMOLOGY. — Latin ‘montánus’ for montane, for occurring mainly on mountains. REMARKS. — Because the female specimen from Vallée d’Amoa is rather badly abraded, no paratype has been attached to it.