The genus Sicoderus Vanin 1986 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Curculioninae: Erodiscini) in the West Indies Author Anderson, Robert S. text Zootaxa 2018 2018-10-10 4497 3 301 345 journal article 29174 10.11646/zootaxa.4497.3.1 55770274-cac7-4dde-871a-6c4cf42522c5 1175-5326 1454868 FED8ED2E-510F-4596-A31B-59E6DF73919C Sicoderus franzi Anderson , n. sp. ( Figures 29–30 , 35 . Map 8) http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:9846FED0-5509-4F3B-ADB8-6D560182CA80 Description: Length male, 4.9–5.5 mm ; female, 4.2–4.4 mm . Integument black, shining. Eyes separated by a distance about one-half width rostrum at midlength. Rostrum 1.28–1.32x length elytra in male; 1.27–1.37x length elytra in female. Antennal insertion at about apical 2/ 5 in male, at about midlength in female. Prothorax constricted anteriorly, globose, widest anterior to middle; punctures widely spaced, very small, very shallow on disc, slightly larger and deeper laterally on flanks, not forming striolae; no erect setae present. Basal margin of pronotum angulate laterally, dorsal and lateral faces interrupted by an acute angulation, dorsal face flat and with a row of 4 or 5 linearly arranged larger punctures across width. Elytra in dorsal view widest at midlength, lateral margins convergent both anteriorly and posteriorly; humeri fully reduced, not at all angulate; no setae present. Strial punctures evident, small, shallow; striae slightly impressed. Membranous wings absent. Abdominal ventrite 1 of male slightly raised in middle near posterior margin with a small patch of setosity at tip; of female, uniformly convex in middle near posterior margin. Ventrite 5 flat at middle in male, uniformly convex in female, not setose in either sex. Legs with all femora simple, ventral margin lacking any trace of tooth; tarsal claws with very small basal tooth. Aedeagus (fig. 35) widest towards apex, internal sac with pair of elongate basal sclerites hooked basally. Female not dissected. Material examined: 4 males , 3 females . Holotype male ( CWOB ), labelled PUERTO RICO : Caribbean National Forest , El Toro Negro , Hwy 143 Km 18H6, 22.VII.1979 , G.B. Marshall . Paratypes , Caribbean National Forest , El Toro Negro , Hwy 143 Km 16H4, 21.VII.1979 , L.B. O’Brien ( 1 male ; CMNC ). Caribbean National Forest , El Toro Negro , Hwy 143 Km 19H9, 22.VII.1979 , G.B. Marshall ( 1 female ; CWOB ). Guilarte Forest Reserve , Hwy 131 & 518, 24.VII.1979 , L.B. O’Brien ( 1 female ; CWOB ) . Mayagüez , VI,1962, C. Maldonado ( 1 female ; USNM ) . Mayagüez , 27.v.1932 , F. Mora ( 1 male [damaged], MCZC ) . Jayuya , Cano de Punta , 18 10’21”N, 66 35’31”W, 1338 m , 5.II.2010 , H. Cancel ( 1 male , CMNC ). Derivation of species name: This species is named after Nico M. Franz, professor of entomology at Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ where he works on the systematics and evolution of weevils. He was formerly a professor at the University of Puerto Rico in Mayagüez and also a field companion on the 2012 Cuba trip. Natural History: Specimens were collected beating. Comments: This is one of two species of Sicoderus known from Puerto Rico , the other being S. ivieorum .