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Morimoto &amp; Miyakawa, 1985
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, by monotypy.
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<paragraph id="DC35AF30BBBF3D2914D9F6DE092DD47A">Masculine.</paragraph>
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Body length 1.53.0 mm. Rounded to bulb-like appearance in lateral view.
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: Dark to pale red.
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: Large flat white, gray, brown, or golden scales covering the body in most species (the cuticle of
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is largely exposed); two prominent rows of erect scales (“ eyelashes ”) along inner margin of eye which extends ventrally to basal third to middle of rostrum; pronotum with erect or recumbent scales; erect or recumbent scales always on odd elytral intervals; erect scales on even elytral intervals in some species.
<emphasis id="477A243890423ADC52F7B07C4AE10BA4" bold="true" italics="true">Head</emphasis>
: Rostrum punctate, evenly curved; eyes large, ovate; antennae with six-articled funicle (except apparently in
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<emphasis id="3F02F3F90BE7B09CB1795865BBCD6B23" italics="true">A. armatus</emphasis>
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which has five articles).
<emphasis id="5B45E0ECDA927D880BE161B3926E7525" bold="true" italics="true">Prothorax</emphasis>
: Densely punctate; margin of prothorax (in lateral view) extending forward, covering part of the eye (or most of it when rostrum fully set into prosternal sulcus); prosternum with strongly or weakly defined prosternal canal.
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: Scutellum prominent or reduced; elytra rounded to bulb-like, with intervals convex; flightless, hind wings reduced to a stub or long filament.
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: Lateral edge of first abdominal segment contiguous with metanepisternum.
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: Femora with or without apico-ventral tooth; unci of fore- and mid-tibiae simple; unci of male hind-tibiae modified (bifid, hooked, or twisted) in some species, simple (evenly curved) in females; third tarsal segment bilobed; tarsal claws simple.
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<emphasis id="FA5AE3ED719695789BC83678ECD0BF6E" italics="true">Aphanerostethus</emphasis>
species
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are known from
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(Izu Islands, mainland, Nansei Islands),
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,
<collectingCountry id="15ACEEAE51BA5FA5DB3B8A7D5F7C61EC" name="Vietnam">Vietnam</collectingCountry>
(Mt. Lang Biang),
<collectingCountry id="7F21EEB99A2A72753D985112488BDDE1" name="Malaysia">Malaysia</collectingCountry>
(Cameron Highlands,
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;
<collectingRegion id="7FF07772AECFED5E7B8525A6CA3CA8C6" country="Malaysia" name="Sabah">Sabah</collectingRegion>
, Borneo), and
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(
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).
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The genus
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<emphasis id="4EBF77737E7AB05EB8C3C80D440434B9" italics="true">Darumazo</emphasis>
Morimoto &amp; Miyakawa, 1985
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was described based on a single species,
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<emphasis id="59F23DA2C32A01350FF08D8462F550B7" italics="true">D. distinctus</emphasis>
Morimoto &amp; Miyakawa, 1985
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, from specimens collected in the Izu Islands, the Nansei Islands, and mainland
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. Morimoto and Miyakawa (1985) distinguished
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<emphasis id="E1F3E19C24E209D09B166C90A807CAD3" italics="true">Darumazo</emphasis>
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from
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<emphasis id="74C57E9C698C3F30C2E6D395F3F253AF" italics="true">Aphanerostethus</emphasis>
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as the latter have separated fore-coxae as well as toothed femora. However, the twelve new species described here reveal a continuum of forms, relating
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<emphasis id="F67D7E968DC55B3FFD1403395352FF58" italics="true">A. distinctus</emphasis>
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and
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with respect to the above two characters. In particular, although
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<emphasis id="FD0DDEA7E59A4931893826702DC8474A" italics="true">A. vannideki</emphasis>
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possesses weakly separate fore-coxae (contiguous in the related
<taxonomicName id="D05F825DA054440ADAD12A59019E6E54" authorityName="Lewis &amp; Kojima &amp; Suenaga &amp; Petsopoulos &amp; Fujisawa &amp; Truong &amp; Warren" authorityYear="2024" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Aphanerostethus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="magnus">
<emphasis id="1BA69B12B405238200D96D81F234D65A" italics="true">A. magnus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
). Furthermore, the femoral teeth are present but small in
<taxonomicName id="BE08907E4185E084941D63C486FE8E0B" authorityName="Lewis &amp; Kojima &amp; Suenaga &amp; Petsopoulos &amp; Fujisawa &amp; Truong &amp; Warren" authorityYear="2024" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Aphanerostethus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="morimotoi">
<emphasis id="BA3EF37FD90A128124F70F4A65340B1A" italics="true">A. morimotoi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(femoral teeth often completely absent) and
<taxonomicName id="DF5BB7F9C0AE3502AD1740364908957F" authorityName="Lewis &amp; Kojima &amp; Suenaga &amp; Petsopoulos &amp; Fujisawa &amp; Truong &amp; Warren" authorityYear="2024" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Aphanerostethus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="japonicus">
<emphasis id="798EDE831E0DCA56A8F6DC6FB55349B6" italics="true">A. japonicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, indicating continuity in this character across the genus as well. We do not feel that a moderate degree of separation in the fore-coxae, nor the presence (vs absence) of femoral teeth is enough to justify the continued recognition of
<taxonomicName id="266CCD8E5677358EB313C0DC98DDDA51" authorityName="Morimoto &amp; Miyakawa" authorityYear="1985" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Darumazo" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="059816C3FA07302286E32B8A49FE081A" italics="true">Darumazo</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, especially in light of the continuity of forms newly described here. On the basis of these morphological considerations, we treat
<taxonomicName id="753615D807F4D35E56647ABBF4C132BE" authorityName="Morimoto &amp; Miyakawa" authorityYear="1985" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Darumazo" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus" status="syn. nov.">
<emphasis id="CEF99C541EC7DF0FB32955AF14C10C8E" italics="true">Darumazo</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicNameLabel id="BC78D5C9824A0C81BBA04C56582DA55A">syn. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
as a junior synonym of
<taxonomicName id="21851F6269C5EAB5B3A810AC79218E1F" authorityName="Voss" authorityYear="1957" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Aphanerostethus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="A54324F4328E22C196758AC969CA676B" italics="true">Aphanerostethus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The genus
<taxonomicName id="33357D9ADAE91558D74F7F929D37497E" authorityName="Voss" authorityYear="1957" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Aphanerostethus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="E494CAC4F975F3437C64C4B7B9F29188" italics="true">Aphanerostethus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is currently placed in Cryptorhynchini Schoenherr, 1825 and
<taxonomicName id="6C1890C3F5EB1BCEA9790E053AFBD68B" authorityName="Morimoto &amp; Miyakawa" authorityYear="1985" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Darumazo" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="958A2CB2037DBC508DC833E21682C33F" italics="true">Darumazo</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in Sthereini Hatch, 1971 (
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;
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). We are currently working on a molecular phylogeny of
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<emphasis id="858E9FB1AF335ADABABE76F29F1A2C74" italics="true">Aphanerostethus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and some undescribed, related genera and hope that this reveals the tribal placement of the genus. Until that work is completed, we treat the genus as Molytinae incertae sedis.
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