Description And Phylogeny Of Staminodeus, A New Genus Of Derelomini (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Associated With Cyclanthaceae
Author
Nico M. Franz
text
The Coleopterists Bulletin
2001
55
4
411
432
journal article
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10.1649/0010-065X(2001)055[0411:DAPOSA]2.0.CO;2
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Staminodeus dilatatus
,
new species
Diagnosis.
Staminodeus dilatatus
is distinguished from
S. vectoris
by the lower number of larger, subrectate dentes in males, in addition to differing from
S. bispinosus
and
S. forcipis
by the glabrate frons. See diagnosis of
S. bispinosus
for females.
Male
. Length
1.4–1.9 mm
, width
0.7–0.9 mm
, l/
w 1.9
–2.2. Rostrum
0.4–0.5 mm
, r/p 0.7–1.0. Frons glabrate. Pronotum l/
w 0.8
–0.9, convex. Prosternum longer than mesosternum. Profemur (
Fig. 3f
) slightly arcuate, f/p 0.9–1.1, width similar throughout, ventrally denticulate; protibia (
Fig. 3f
) subrectate, t/f 0.9–1.1, anteroventral margin with row of 3–6 apically directed, subrectate dentes, apically mucronate, promucron nearly 2/3 as long as protarsal claw; mesotibia apically mucronate, mesomucron nearly 1/4 as long as mesotarsal claw. Elytron l/
w 1.3
–1.4 (N 15). Median lobe (
Fig. 4f
) l/
w 3.0
–3.5 (N 5), laterobasal sclerites apically setose, median sclerite basally projected, apically bifurcate, setose, apical rami undulate, basal 2/3 of median lobe denticulate, aedeagal apodemes shorter than median lobe.
Female
. Length
1.5–1.9 mm
, width 0.8–1.0 mm, l/
w 1.9
–2.0. Rostrum 0.4–0.6, r/ p 1.0–1.1. Frontal spine nearly 3/5 as long as diameter of eye. Pronotum l/
w 0.8
. F/p 1.0–1.2; t/f 0.8–1.0. Elytron l/
w 1.3
–1.4 (N 3). Spermatheca (
Fig. 5f
) deflexed nearly 120, apex narrowly projected.
Type
Information.
Male
holotype
‘‘
PANAMA
,
Bocas del Toro
,
Corriente Grande
,
Rio Changuinola
/
9 17 30
N
,
82 32 41 W
, H.
Wolda
,
Feb. 3, 1980
’’ (
CWOB
)
;
female
allotype
, same label as male holotype with different date ‘‘
Feb. 9, 1980
’’ (
CWOB
);
male
paratypes
, same labels as male
holotype
with different dates ‘‘
Jan. 20, 1980
’’ (
CWOB
, 1), ‘‘
Feb. 11, 1980
’’ (
CWOB
, 1), ‘‘
Feb. 26, 1980
’’ (
CWOB
, 1), ‘‘
Mar. 13, 1980
’’ (
CWOB
, 1), ‘‘
Mar. 18, 1980
’’ (
CWOB
, 1), ‘‘
Mar. 28, 1980
’’ (
MIUP
, 1); ‘‘
Panama
,
Bocas del Toro
,
Cor. Grande
,
Rio Changuinola
,
9 17 30
N, 82 32 41 W,
leg.
H. Wolda
,
III15– 1980
’’ (
MIUP
, 1), same labels as previous specimen with different dates ‘‘
III 26–1980
’’ (
MIUP
, 2), ‘‘
III29–1980
’’ (
MIUP
, 1); female
paratypes
, same label as male
holotype
with different date ‘‘
March 4, 1980
’’ (
CWOB
, 1); ‘‘
Panama
,
Bocas del Toro
,
Cor. Grande
,
Rio Changuinola
,
9 17 30
N, 82 32 41 W, leg. H. Wolda,
IV24–1980
’’ (MIUP, 1).
Etymology.
Named for the diagnostic character of the male protibia with respect to
S. vectoris
, i.e.,
less and larger dentes—
dilatatus
signifying ‘‘spread out, enlarged, extended’’ (
Brown 1956
).
Distribution.
Staminodeus dilatatus
has been collected on the Carribean slope of
Panama
,
Provincia Bocas del Toro
, Río Changuinola (
Fig. 6
).
Natural History.
Unknown.