Review of the genus Miloderes Casey, 1888 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae), with desciptions of three new species Author Van Dam, Matthew H. Author O’Brien, Charles W. text Zootaxa 2015 4006 2 247 284 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.4006.2.2 de6a87e5-efb4-47a3-88ab-8897fba99bf7 1175-5326 254116 B7A45EAC-D817-47BF-A284-731FEF2B8F8C Miloderes amargosensis Van Dam and O’Brien , sp. nov. ( Figs. 1–5 F, 8B, D) Description. Body clothed in long dense setae. Head with scales on frons convex. Pronotum with one central vitta, lateral margins strongly convex. Elytra with blue pattern, gray and brown pattern to blue and brown pattern. Legs with front tibial shape flat expanded, tibial brush elongate; hind tibial apex truncate. Median lobe curved. Endophallus with basal lobe not recurved and distended, dorsal lobe not present, distal projection absent, endophallus terminal not recurved, median ventral lobe absent, middle thick, ventral apical lobe absent, subapical lobe resting on posterior dorsal surface, transfer apparatus not sclerotized or absent. Spermatheca with basal lobes of relatively equal lengths. HOLOTYPE , (male): NV: Nye Co. sand dunes in Amargosa Desert, 6 April 1973 , Derham Giuliani coll. ( CAS ). Specimens examined. PARATYPES : NV: Nye Co.: sand dunes in Amargosa Desert, 6 April 1973 , Derham Giuliani coll. (5 CAS ) [ N36.641971 , W-116.569667 ]; Amargosa Desert, “Big Dune”, 1 May 1973 , R. McPeak coll. (1 CAS ); Big Dune, 28 April 1975 , F.G. Andrews and A.R. Hardy coll. (9 CDFA ); 29-30 April 1982 , L.G. Bezark, cereal bowl trap (1 CWOB ); same location: 6 April 1973 , Derham Giuliani coll. (11 CDFA ); 16 April 1974 , Derham Giuliani coll. (25 CDFA , 2 CMNC ); E Lathrop, 15 April 1974 , Derham Giuliani coll. (2 CDFA ); Amargosa Desert, April 1973 , Derham Giuliani coll. (2 CDFA ); 7 mi . E Lathrop, Amargosa River Sand Dunes, under Larrea , 24 February 1980 , D.G. Kissinger coll. (1 CDFA ); Big Dune, E Lathrop, 21-22 March 1985 , Derham Giuliani coll. (12 CDFA ); E. side Big Dune, 75 m . Sand Dune-Creosote Scrub, 16-17April 1978 , sifting, Rolf Aalbu Coll. (1 CWOB ). Distribution. ( Fig. 19 ) This species is endemic to the “Big Dune” of the Amargosa Valley, Nevada. Etymology. This epithet is designated to reflect the geographic location of this species found only in the Amargosa Valley. Intra- and interspecific morphological variation. Miloderes amargosensis is most similar to M. tingi but differs markedly in the endophallus lacking a ventrobasal lobe and the pronotum having a dark central vitta. The shape of the rostrum is also squarer than in M. tingi . Little color variation is seen in this species with some individuals having a more blue gray color pattern to brown.