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 aobae Paulian Fig. 38 Elytrurus aobae Paulian, 1945: 195 , 199, figs 46, 47. DESCRIPTION. — Amongst the species with a median carina and with converging sublateral carinae of rostrum, E. aobae is defined by a very shiny integument, pale, shiny scales and a bare prementum. Length: 11.5-13.0 mm. TYPE MATERIAL . — The type material ( two specimens ) should be in MNHN . Not seen. Identified non-type specimen with BPBM . MATERIAL EXAMINED . — Vanuatu . Ambae, Pentecost. One specimen. REMARKS. — The species was described from Aoba, an alternative name for Ambae.