One hundred and three new species of Trigonopterus weevils from Sulawesi
Author
Riedel, Alexander
Author
Narakusumo, Raden Pramesa
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ZooKeys
2019
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.828.32200
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.828.32200
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12.
Trigonopterus bonthainensis Riedel
sp. n.
Diagnostic description.
Holotype, male (Fig. 12a). Length 2.65 mm. Color of antennae, legs, and elytra orange-ferruginous; pterothorax and abdomen dark ferruginous; head and prothorax black. Body subovate; in profile dorsally convex. Rostrum dorsally coarsely punctate; sublaterally with sparse row of piliform scales; epistome short, indistinct. Pronotum with disk densely coarsely punctate; interspaces between punctures reticulate, subglabrous. Elytra with striae marked by rows of small punctures; intervals flat; basal margin bordered by transverse row of deeper punctures; stria 8 along humerus with coarse punctures. Femora edentate. Meso- and metafemur with anteroventral ridge crenate. Metafemur with dorsoposterior edge weakly denticulate; subapically with stridulatory patch. Metaventrite anteriorly at middle with puncture bearing fine pointed brush of setae. Abdominal ventrites 1-2 weakly concave, at middle subglabrous, sublaterally and posteriorly with dense coarse punctures; ventrite 5 flat, coarsely punctate. Penis (Fig. 12b) with sides of body in basal 1/2 diverging, with lateral flanges, subapically converging to subangulate apex, with sparse short setae; apodemes 3.0
x
as long as body of penis; transfer apparatus small; ductus ejaculatorius without bulbus. Intraspecific variation. Length 2.53-2.65 mm. Female rostrum slender, dorsally subglabrous, with two submedian rows of punctures, with pair of sublateral furrows.
Material examined.
Holotype (MZB): ARC3205 (GenBank # MK260504), S-Sulawesi Prov., Gn. Lompobattang, Malakaji, Parambintolo,
05°23.545'S
119°55.517'E
, 1750-1850 m, 27-IV-2013, beaten. Paratype (SMNK): S-Sulawesi Prov.: 1 ex, ARC3197 (EMBL # LN884974), Gn. Lompobattang, Malakaji, Parambintolo,
05°23.545'S
119°55.517'E
, 1803 m, sifted, 27-IV-2013.
Distribution.
S-Sulawesi Prov. (Gn. Lompobattang). Elevation ca. 1800 m.
Biology.
Presumably mostly on foliage in montane forests.
Etymology.
This epithet is a Latinized adjective based on the historical locality of
"Bonthain"
. "The Peak of Bonthain" is identical with Mt Lompobattang.
Notes.
Trigonopterus bonthainensis
Riedel, sp. n. was coded as "
Trigonopterus
sp. 500".