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
Elytrocallus chevrolati
Montrouzier
Figs 16, 17
Elytrocallus chevrolati
Montrouzier, 1861a: 875
, pl. 7: 10. — Lacordaire 1863: 253, pl. 66: 1. —
Chevrolat 1877b: 171
. —
Günther 1943: 20
, 22.
Elytrocallus clathratus
Günther, 1943:
23
n. syn.
DESCRIPTION. — A well-defined species by the characters given in the key. Rather variable in the density of scaly covering on the elytra and in the amount of exposure of the integument. Males appear black to the naked eye but are sparsely squamose; females are abundantly squamose but usually showing a lattice-like pattern.
Length:
11.5-22.5 mm
.
TYPE MATERIAL
. — 1)
E. chevrolati
:
two syntypes
present.
Lectotype
female, 21.0 x
9.9 mm
, ‘
Elytrocallus chevrolati
Montr., Houaïlou, Nouvelle Calédonie, Coll.
Fauvel’,
IRSN
.
Paralectotype
female, Coll. Chevrolat,
NHRM
. 2)
E. clathratus
:
holotype
female, 18.5 x 8.0 mm, ‘N. Caledonia, Deyrolle,
Elytrocallus clathratus
n. sp.
, K. Günther det.’,
SMT
.D.
MATERIAL EXAMINED
. —
New Caledonia
.
Chutes de la Madeleine
(
Plain
de Lacs
),
Col de Mouirange
,
Forêt de Thy
, Houaïlou,
La Coulée
,
Mt. d’Or
,
Mt. Koghi
,
Mt. Mou
, Nouméa, Pindal, Plum, Rivière Bleue, St Louis.
55 specimens
.
REMARKS. —
The
syntype
specimen illustrated in the original work is selected as
lectotype
. The
paralectotype
in
Coll. Chevrolat
,
Stockholm
, is the largest specimen seen of the species; it is partly abraded
.