Survey of the Attelabidae of Wisconsin (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea)
Author
Young, Julia Janicki Daniel K.
text
Insecta Mundi
2021
2021-11-19
2021
891
1
61
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.12808389
1942-1354
12808389
4583EB82-8B38-4601-9608-C479D027FC70
Genus
Auletobius
Desbrochers
Type
species.
Involvulus sanguisorbae
Schrank, 1798
, subsequent designation by
Legalov (2001)
.
Generic diagnosis.
Auletobius
can be recognized by the randomly punctured elytra (except in
A. cassandrae
), by the slender rostrum, by the unexposed pygidium, by the absence of the scutellary striole, and by the strongly convex, protuberant eyes.
Key to
Wisconsin
species of adult
Auletobius
species
1.
Size
3.3β3.8mm
; integument black, clothed with fine, gray pubescence; antennae inserted at middle of rostrum...............................................................
A. ater
(LeConte)
β Size
1.8β2.2mm
; integument brownish yellow, clothed with fine, yellow pubescence; antennae inserted at basal ΒΌ of rostrum..............................................
A. cassandrae
(LeConte)