Omophorus (Sinomophorus) wallaCei: a new weevil from Borneo highlights the enigmatic Ethiopian-Oriental disjunct distribution (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Molytinae)
Author
Tseng, Wei-Zhe
Author
Hsiao, Yun
Author
Hsu, Chen-Fu
text
Zootaxa
2018
2018-06-22
4438
3
588
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journal article
29815
10.11646/zootaxa.4438.3.10
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1175-5326
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Subgenus
Sinomophorus
Wang, Alonso-Zarazaga, Ren & Zhang, 2011
Type species.
Omophorus rongshu
Wang, Alonso-Zarazaga, Ren & Zhang, 2011
: 44
.
Diagnosis
(modified based on
Wang
et al
. (2011
)). Distinguished from nominal subgenus by the absence of tubercle on pronotal surface; bifid vestiture of the venter; the obtuse humeral angle; extremely small extent of sclerotization in the endophallus; absence of styli in the ovipositor and the absence of a spiculum ventrale on female sternite VIII. It can be separated from the subgenus
Pangomophorus
Voss, 1960
by the bifid vestiture of the venter; the obtuse humeral angle; and the presence of a metatibial uncus. Several diagnostic characters, including longer antennal club; elongate subtrapezoidal scutellum and smaller subhumeral calli, proposed in
Wang
et al.
(2011)
are considered invalid for a new subgeneric delimitation on the basis of the comparison between
O.
(
S.
)
rongshu
and
O.
(
S.
)
wallacei
(see details in discussion).