Taxonomic review of weevils of the tribe Celeuthetini, mainly from Sundaland, Sulawesi and the Lesser Sunda Islands (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Entiminae)
Author
Riedel, Alexander
text
Zootaxa
2024
2024-06-10
5464
1
1
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5464.1.1
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.5464.1.1
1175-5334
11612810
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Apirocalodes wegneri
Voss
Apirocalodes wegneri
Voss, 1961: 250–251
.
Type
locality: W-Flores, Rana Mese.
Description
. (
Fig. 1a
). Length. Pronotum plus elytron
5.60 mm
. Integument black, legs ferruginous; with recumbent greyish scales. Head with vertex anteriorly rugose. Rostrum ca. as long as wide (0.98 X), sides subparallel; dorsum with median furrow. Pronotum 1.08 X as long as wide, punctate-rugose, anteriorly at middle with subglabrous swelling; with scattered appressed grey scales and sparse short bristles. Elytra 0.84 X as long as wide; dorsally weakly convex; from humerus with band of white overlapping scales, largely on interval 7, leading to anterior apex of elytral process. Abdomen. Ventrites 5 with suberect setae. Genitalia. Penis (
Fig. 1b
) with sides of body subparallel, apex rounded. Apodeme ca. 2.1 X as long as body of penis. Intraspecific variation. Length. Pronotum plus elytron
4.75–6.10 mm
.
Material examined
.
INDONESIA
,
Flores Isl.
: 29 exx,
ARC3550
(GenBank # LN866368)
,
ARC3551
,
Ruteng
,
Gn. Ranaka
,
S08° 38.239´
E120° 31.726´
,
2125 m
,
09-III-2011
(
SMNK
)
.
Notes
. The description of
Voss (1961)
is based on
13 syntypes
that could not be examined. However, specimens collected near the type locality were available for description and sequencing.