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 Hellerius deplancheae n. sp. Figs 23, 24 DESCRIPTION. — By and large agreeing with H. ignambius except for having the abbreviated striae 4 and 5 ending on the elytral dorsum, thus lacking a small, low, densely squamose knob or tubercle on the space between striae 3 and 6 at the upper part of the declivity just below the tubercle of interstria 3. Male: aedeagus more strongly converging apicad, before apex only one-half of the width at base; basal sclerite similar but shorter, as long as aedeagal body. Female: tergite 8 at base pale, not intensely pigmented; spermathecal duct extension short, considerably shorter than the spermathecal hook; spermathecal duct 2.5 x as long as spermatheca. Length: 7.5-12.5 mm . TYPE MATERIAL . — Holotype female, 9.0 x 4.2 mm , Poindimié, 11.II.1963 , on Deplanchea , G. Kuschel, NZAC . Paratypes with ANIC , BPBM , MNHN , MNHW , NZAC , QMBA , SRFP . MATERIAL EXAMINED . — New Caledonia . 2 males , Pic d’Amoa , female, 2.V.2005 , G. B. Monteith ; 9 males , 10 females , Aoupinié , 480 m , 3.I.2005 , G. B. Monteith ; 3 males , 2 females , Poindimié , 600-950 m , M. Wanat ; 1 female , Me Maoya , 21°22’S , 165°20’E , 11.II.1963 , on Deplanchea , G. Kuschel ; 1 male , 1 female , Aou- 1150 m, 11-13.XI.2002 , S. Wright , E. C. Zimmerman Coll. 30 pinié, 21°11’S , 165°18’E , 850 m , top camp, 1.II.2002 , and 1 specimens . HOSTPLANTS. — Deplanchea (Bignoniaceae) , five specimens obtained in Poindimié from this plant by G. Kuschel. ETYMOLOGY. — Named after the only known host genus for adults. REMARKS. — The tubercle on interstria 3 in females is rather variable in size and shape, that of the specimens of Aoupinié is large and curved over the declivity.