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 30418 10.1649/0010-065X(2001)055[0411:DAPOSA]2.0.CO;2 e4f989d2-2dcb-4d3a-9886-95a337ff4c31 1208234 Staminodeus inermis , new species Diagnosis. Staminodeus inermis is distinguished from the other species of Staminodeus by the small size, the light reddish­brown color (but see section on variation in generic description); the short distance between the eyes, the ventrally inermous prothoracic leg in males; and the fairly short frontal spine in females. Male . Very small, length 1.2–1.3 mm , width 0.6–0.7 mm , l/ w 1.9 –2.0, light reddishbrown. Rostrum 0.3 mm , r/p 0.9–1.0. Eyes separated by distance similar to breadth of antennal club. Frons glabrate, slightly protruded. Pronotum l/ w 0.8 , slightly convex. Prosternum similar in length to mesosternum, slightly convex. Profemur ( Fig. 3a ) slightly sinuate, f/p 1.0–1.3, greatest width near apical 2/5, ventrally inermous; protibia ( Fig. 3a ) subrectate, t/f 0.8–0.9, anteroventral margin inermous, 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 –1.5 (N 15). Wing/body 1.3–1.5, wing l/ w 2.9 –3.7. Median lobe ( Fig. 4a ) l/ w 2.6 –3.0 (N 5), laterobasal sclerites apically broadened, denticulate, median sclerite plicate, apical rami basally diverging, apically fused into triangular projection, basal 1/3 of median lobe denticulate, aedeagal apodemes shorter than median lobe. Female . Length 1.1–1.4 mm , width 0.6–0.7 mm , l/ w 1.9 –2.0. Rostrum 0.3–0.4 mm , r/p 1.0–1.2. Eyes separated by distance slightly greater than breadth of antennal club. Frontal spine nearly 1/3 as long as diameter of eye. Pronotum l/ w 0.7 –0.8. F/p 0.9– 1.3; t/f 0.7–1.0, protibia apically mucronate, promucron nearly 1/4 as long as protarsal claw. Elytron l/ w 1.3 –1.5 (N 15). Wing/body 1.4–1.5, wing l/ w 3.1 –3.6 (N 5). Spermatheca ( Fig. 5a ) deflexed nearly 135, apex acute. Type Information. Male holotype ‘‘ PANAMA , Bocas del Toro , Corriente Grande , Rio Changuinola / 9 17 30 N , 82 32 41 W , H. Wolda , Feb. 28, 1980 ’’ ( CWOB ) ; female allotype , same label as male holotype with different date ‘‘ Feb. 12, 1980 ’’ ( CWOB ) ; male paratypes , same labels as male holotype with different dates ‘‘ Jan. 22, 1980 ’’ ( AMNH , 1), ‘‘ Jan. 23, 1980 ’’ ( AMNH , 2), ‘‘ Jan. 25, 1980 ’’ ( AMNH ,1), ‘‘ Jan. 26, 1980 ’’ ( AMNH , 1; BMNH , 1), ‘‘ Jan. 29, 1980 ’’ ( BMNH , 1), ‘‘ Feb. 6, 1980 ’’ ( BMNH , 1), ‘‘ Feb. 8, 1980 ’’ ( BMNH , 1), ‘‘ Feb. 10, 1980 ’’ ( BMNH , 1), ‘‘ Feb. 11, 1980 ’’ ( CMNC , 1), ‘‘ Feb. 12, 1980 ’’ ( CMNC , 1), ‘‘ Apr. 3, 1980 ’’ ( CMNC , 1), ‘‘ Apr. 10, 1980 ’’ ( CMNC , 1), ‘‘ Apr. 12 , 1980 ’’ ( CMNC , 1), ‘‘ Apr. 16 , 1980 ’’ ( CWOB , 1); ‘‘ Panama , Bocas del Toro , Cor. Grande , Rio Changuinola , 9 17 30 N, 82 32 41 W, leg. H. Wolda , II­06 –1980 ’’ ( CWOB , 2), same labels as previous specimens with different dates ‘‘ II­14 –1980 ’’ ( CWOB , 1), ‘‘ II­15 –1980 ’’ ( CWOB , 1; INBC , 1), ‘‘ II­17 – 1980 ’’ ( INBC , 1), ‘‘ II­26 –1980 ’’ ( INBC , 2), ‘‘ III­25 –1980 ’’ ( INBC , 1), ‘‘ III­ 27 – 1980 ’’ ( MIUP , 2), ‘‘ IV­04 –1980 ’’ ( MIUP , 1), ‘‘ IV­19 –1980 ’’ ( MIUP , 1), ‘‘ IV­24 –1980 ’’ ( MIUP , 1; MUCR , 3), ‘‘ IV­25 –1980 ’’ ( MUCR , 1), ‘‘ V­05 – 1980 ’’ ( MUCR , 1); female paratypes , same labels as male holotype with different dates ‘‘ Jan. 30 , 1980 ’’ ( AMNH , 1), ‘‘ Feb. 2 , 1980 ’’ ( AMNH , 1), ‘‘ Feb. 3 , 1980 ’’ ( AMNH , 1), ‘‘ Feb. 4 , 1980 ’’ ( AMNH , 1), ‘‘ Feb. 7 , 1980 ’’ ( AMNH , 1), ‘‘ Feb. 12 , 1980 ’’ ( BMNH , 2), ‘‘ Feb. 14 , 1980 ’’ ( BMNH , 1), ‘‘ Feb. 25 , 1980 ’’ ( BMNH , 1), ‘‘ March 7 , 1980 ’’ ( BMNH , 1), ‘‘ Apr. 15 , 1980 ’’ ( CMNC , 1), ‘‘ Apr. 27 , 1980 ’’ ( CMNC , 1), ‘‘ Apr. 28 , 1980 ’’ ( CMNC , 1); ‘‘ Panama , Bocas del Toro , Cor. Grande , Rio Changuinola , 9 17 30 N, 82 32 41 W, leg. H. Wolda, II­04 – 1980 ’’ (CMNC, 1), same labels as previous specimen with different dates ‘‘ II­06 – 1980 ’’ (CMNC, 1), ‘‘ II­07 – 1980 ’’ (CWOB, 2), ‘‘ II­14 – 1980 ’’ (CWOB, 1), ‘‘ II­15 – 1980 ’’ (CWOB, 2; INBC, 1), ‘‘ II­21 – 1980 ’’ (INBC, 3), ‘‘ II­26 – 1980 ’’ (INBC, 1), ‘‘ III­27 – 1980 ’’ (MIUP, 1), ‘‘ III­29 – 1980 ’’ (MIUP, 2), ‘‘ IV­02 – 1980 ’’ (MIUP, 1), ‘‘ IV­20 – 1980 ’’ (MIUP, 1; MUCR, 2), ‘‘ IV­24 – 1980 ’’ (MUCR, 2), ‘‘ IV­25 – 1980 ’’ (MUCR, 1). Etymology. Named for the male plesiomorphy of lacking ventral denticulation on the prothoracic leg— inermis signifying ‘‘unarmed’’ ( Nichols 1989 ). Distribution. Staminodeus inermis has been collected on the Carribean slope of Panama , Provincia Bocas del Toro , Río Changuinola ( Fig. 6 ). Natural History. Unknown.