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 Pseudomelactus grevilleae n. sp. Fig. 11 DESCRIPTION. — Black or dark reddish brown. Vestiture consisting of a dense coat of oval, grey or slightly pinkish scales, in male brownish on elytral dorsum, usually with some white scales around strial puncta; in female rather uniformly grey; underside in either sex chalky white throughout, scales covering entirely also last three ventrites. Setae short, recumbent. Rostrum usually with a smooth, shiny, sometimes slightly raised midline, this not extending to epistome; epistome somewhat raised in relation to surroundings, densely, finely punctate except for coarse vibrissae-bearing puncta. Antennite 2 of funicle shorter than 1. Prothorax lacking granules, occasionally with traces of some; basal rim of pronotum interrupted in front of scutellum. Elytra in male not costate on interstria 7, and at apex with very small, non-contiguous spines; elytra in female distinctly costate on interstria 7, and at apex with fine, long, contiguous spines. Fore tibiae finely asperous on lower edge, not denticulate; tarsite 2 of front leg not or hardly as wide as long. Length: 5.3-8.5 mm . TYPE MATERIAL . — Holotype female, 8.0 x 3.3 mm , 6 km N of Païta , 25.I.1963 , on Grevillea , G. Kuschel, NZAC. 16 paratypes with BPBM , IRSN , NZAC . MATERIAL EXAMINED . — New Caledonia . 1 pair, Humboldt- pair, Mt. Mou , 250 m , 3.II.1963 , on Proteaceae, G. Kuschel ; 1 Kalouchola River junction, 100 m , 14.XII.1963 , R . Straatman ; pair, 6 km N of Païta , 25.I.1963 , on Grevillea , G. Kuschel ; 1 pair, 1 male , 4 females , 3 km E of La Coulée , 23.I.1963 , on Grevillea , 10 km NW of Plum , 50-100 m , 24.III.1968 , J. L. Gressitt ; 1 pair, G. Kuschel ; 1 female , Mt. Do , 1000 m , 22.X.1978 , J. C. Watt ; 1 Thio , III.1959 , N Krauss ; 1 male , NE of Yambi , 12-15.X.1967 , J. pair, Mt. Koghi , 500-800 m , 23-27.X.1967 , J. & M. Sedlacek ; 1 Sedlacek. 19 specimens . HOSTPLANTS. — Grevillea (Proteaceae) . ETYMOLOGY. — The specific name ‘grevílleae’ is the genitive form of the host Grevillea , a genus of Proteaceae represented by more than a dozen species in New Caledonia . REMARKS. — P. grevilleae and P. acutus specimens were beaten off foliage of the genus Grevillea near La Coulée and Païta.