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 Platysimus septentrionalis (Paulian) Figs 55, 56 Heteroglymma septentrionalis Paulian, 1945: 188 , 191. Platysimus septentrionalis – Thompson 1982: 86, figs 9-18, pls 2, 52, 53 (syn. pauliani , ruteri ). Heteroglymma auberti Paulian, 1945: 188 , 192, figs 25- 27 n. syn. Heteroglymma pauliani Marshall, 1956: 119 . Heteroglymma ruteri Paulian,1945: 187 , 190. DESCRIPTION. — Male: humeral area in dorsal view concavely curved (sinuous). Flattening or depression of the elytral dorsum to the sides ends normally with stria 7, not with 5 or 6 as in P. insularis , P. planidorsi and P. setiger . Female: subparallel sides of elytra and a non-excavate ventrite 5 separates P. septentionalis from P. fleutiauxi , but not from other species. Length: 3.0- 5.7 mm . TYPE MATERIAL . — No type material present . MATERIAL EXAMINED . — Vanuatu . Banks Is. (2 exs), Espíri- Erromango (61 exs), Tanna (33 exs), Aneityum (13 exs). In all tu Santo (79 exs), Malakula (90 exs), Ambrym (102 exs), Epi 525 specimens . ( Also on Rennel I. and Santa Cruz of the Solo- (74 exs), Shepherd Group ( Tongariki I. , 1 ex. ), Efate (70 exs), mon Is. , after Thompson 1982) . HOSTPLANTS. — Specimens were found on Citrus , Colocasia , Hibiscus, Ipomoea ; species not expected to be a specialised feeder. REMARKS. — The concept of the species is in agreement with that of Thompson (1982) except for the geographical range here extended to include the southern islands of Vanuatu . ETYMOLOGY. — The Latin epithet ‘septentrionális’, meaning northerly, came from ‘septentrio’ (pl. septentriones) for the seven brightest stars of Ursa major , the Great Bear Constellation right by the north pole.