treatments-xml/data/89/0F/87/890F87E5FFC3FFF8C4ACBB56FD62FF7F.xml
2024-06-21 12:43:03 +02:00

231 lines
27 KiB
XML
Raw Permalink Blame History

This file contains ambiguous Unicode characters

This file contains Unicode characters that might be confused with other characters. If you think that this is intentional, you can safely ignore this warning. Use the Escape button to reveal them.

<document id="D44F6A550369DA86FC925685DF5DB9E8" ID-CLB-Dataset="53332" ID-DOI="10.11646/zootaxa.5288.1.1" ID-GBIF-Dataset="1bb291cc-9442-4973-8dd8-9cc79a0a432b" ID-ISSN="1175-5326" ID-Zenodo-Dep="7958875" ID-ZooBank="7ABCE6CB-D92C-4B11-87F2-263B7163EEF2" IM.bibliography_approvedBy="juliana" IM.illustrations_approvedBy="felipe" IM.materialsCitations_approvedBy="felipe" IM.metadata_approvedBy="felipe" IM.taxonomicNames_approvedBy="felipe" IM.treatmentCitations_approvedBy="felipe" IM.treatments_approvedBy="juliana" checkinTime="1684793450573" checkinUser="plazi" docAuthor="Caldara, Roberto &amp; Košťál, Michael" docDate="2023" docId="890F87E5FFC3FFF8C4ACBB56FD62FF7F" docLanguage="en" docName="zootaxa.5288.1.1.pdf" docOrigin="Zootaxa 5288 (1)" docSource="http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5288.1.1" docStyle="DocumentStyle:5EBBA59367AD13919D70D935FA04F6A3.14:Zootaxa.2013-.monograph" docStyleId="5EBBA59367AD13919D70D935FA04F6A3" docStyleName="Zootaxa.2013-.monograph" docStyleVersion="14" docTitle="Cionus transvaalicus Caldara &amp; Košťál 2023, sp. n." docType="treatment" docVersion="7" lastPageNumber="26" masterDocId="7536FF9DFFDBFFE1C43BB90BFFBBFFAA" masterDocTitle="A Taxonomic Revision Of The Afrotropical Species Of The Weevil Genus Cionus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)" masterLastPageNumber="98" masterPageNumber="1" pageNumber="25" updateTime="1699506590563" updateUser="plazi">
<mods:mods id="4A2CD4B497F0565DAAC0C5F6805A65F4" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3">
<mods:titleInfo id="60F3F8C9E0341AA4832E3DD4A3996487">
<mods:title id="09830C24098E4236E1D8750B8BAEB7A8">A Taxonomic Revision Of The Afrotropical Species Of The Weevil Genus Cionus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)</mods:title>
</mods:titleInfo>
<mods:name id="9B78758B457A99E3D914D26BE762ECBB" type="personal">
<mods:role id="4F8032850C14CD8E34DC26B0FD738B0D">
<mods:roleTerm id="65C2C0DF22F619E78E549A42404D0808">Author</mods:roleTerm>
</mods:role>
<mods:namePart id="9A931B61AA420F10FDB93ED2BC369203">Caldara, Roberto</mods:namePart>
</mods:name>
<mods:name id="D238302A3B807D77DD963ADE52A8F38A" type="personal">
<mods:role id="7AADB0AD460FE12ACC5B52BF99BC8019">
<mods:roleTerm id="40CA7C54BD390369DBC2C7E162EB529F">Author</mods:roleTerm>
</mods:role>
<mods:namePart id="5C35302CDC57155AA79E242A60842545">Košťál, Michael</mods:namePart>
<mods:nameIdentifier id="E3E297363D6F3A00DFF98CC01D99B155" type="ORCID">0000-0002-3271-1400</mods:nameIdentifier>
<mods:nameIdentifier id="5335D02DBF4350EEACA0A4C18048D540" type="email">michael.kostal@iol.cz</mods:nameIdentifier>
</mods:name>
<mods:typeOfResource id="A5F6FEE4BFCBD64E3281DD7D5AA2B608">text</mods:typeOfResource>
<mods:relatedItem id="379F48970077D8386D7E4F5C2288B0A6" type="host">
<mods:titleInfo id="E0C8ABC021C554788392DB80C551372F">
<mods:title id="A3B6FD4F0405CD30B07063BAB011A4BD">Zootaxa</mods:title>
</mods:titleInfo>
<mods:part id="9740F668835485FFEAFE5B8091B8AA6C">
<mods:date id="A5A4C6ECF524A6977048D1D7108F36F7">2023</mods:date>
<mods:detail id="22F1127C85E872F271CD5982A8A0A1BB" type="pubDate">
<mods:number id="352896C415A9E4813F59E1D22D237127">2023-05-18</mods:number>
</mods:detail>
<mods:detail id="863BFB2C7AA8331666AEA7ECF3004BEB" type="volume">
<mods:number id="BE757348214A47586DC0E56A7EF58369">5288</mods:number>
</mods:detail>
<mods:detail id="D418EEA4D8F3A406FE51C6A5ADF62D38" type="issue">
<mods:number id="532589BB3D990E589411800DB2D5F0BC">1</mods:number>
</mods:detail>
<mods:extent id="5E8DD548961F214300AE0F57F0478526" unit="page">
<mods:start id="526252342FD102756368527CAAD65B58">1</mods:start>
<mods:end id="9CB431C7378BA33B841EA3B6CA5A168A">98</mods:end>
</mods:extent>
</mods:part>
</mods:relatedItem>
<mods:location id="992502FCD16152BFDBDC170466F645AB">
<mods:url id="F97A76FDB7E1EA3FF769CAE5A9C846C9">http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5288.1.1</mods:url>
</mods:location>
<mods:classification id="8B9FD03DFC3387314A5B7B489DC25D17">journal article</mods:classification>
<mods:identifier id="FBF3E0AD98AF9A72FBAEAAECE95AC948" type="CLB-Dataset">53332</mods:identifier>
<mods:identifier id="88C5B50267C70EFBAEE744A20E02235B" type="DOI">10.11646/zootaxa.5288.1.1</mods:identifier>
<mods:identifier id="7A5E2C0EB9396DADCF368B3FB6A04C15" type="GBIF-Dataset">1bb291cc-9442-4973-8dd8-9cc79a0a432b</mods:identifier>
<mods:identifier id="9902C29230052F3C6C348C17D26C0BB7" type="ISSN">1175-5326</mods:identifier>
<mods:identifier id="C8C1CD2ACB8EE04D4A1F0D60B5FCDAC0" type="Zenodo-Dep">7958875</mods:identifier>
<mods:identifier id="69073317FEDA573561B11EDC405260BB" type="ZooBank">7ABCE6CB-D92C-4B11-87F2-263B7163EEF2</mods:identifier>
</mods:mods>
<treatment id="890F87E5FFC3FFF8C4ACBB56FD62FF7F" ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7967157" ID-GBIF-Taxon="209629176" ID-Zenodo-Dep="7967157" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:890F87E5FFC3FFF8C4ACBB56FD62FF7F" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/890F87E5FFC3FFF8C4ACBB56FD62FF7F" lastPageId="25" lastPageNumber="26" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">
<subSubSection id="49BC6578FFC3FFF9C4ACBB56FD1DFDDD" box="[151,678,605,632]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" type="nomenclature">
<paragraph id="011936F3FFC3FFF9C4ACBB56FD1DFDDD" blockId="24.[151,678,605,632]" box="[151,678,605,632]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">
<emphasis id="33D2EAE1FFC3FFF9C4ACBB56FD1DFDDD" bold="true" box="[151,678,605,632]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">
10.
<taxonomicName id="C6A64D70FFC3FFF9C4F8BB56FE79FDD2" authority="Caldara &amp; Košťál, 2023" authorityName="Caldara &amp; Košťál" authorityYear="2023" box="[195,450,605,632]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Cionus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="transvaalicus" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="33D2EAE1FFC3FFF9C4F8BB56FE79FDD2" bold="true" box="[195,450,605,632]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Cionus transvaalicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="28E1579AFFC3FFF9C5F1BB56FDB7FDDD" box="[458,524,605,631]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
(
<figureCitation id="999D2A76FFC3FFF9C620BB56FD24FDDD" box="[539,671,605,631]" captionStart="FIGURES 910" captionStartId="23.[151,264,1908,1932]" captionTargetBox="[198,1388,185,1881]" captionTargetId="figure-22@23.[194,1393,181,1885]" captionTargetPageId="23" captionText="FIGURES 910. FIGURE 9. Cionus shuelei sp. n. a: body in dorsal view (male), b: body in lateral view (male), c: rostrum in lateral view (female), d: penis in ventral view, e: penis in lateral view, f: apex of penis in dorsal view. FIGURE 10. Cionus transvaalicus sp. n. a: body in dorsal view (male), b: body in lateral view (male), c: rostrum in lateral view (female), d: penis in ventral view, e: penis in lateral view, f: apex of penis in dorsal view. Not to scale." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7958889" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7958889/files/figure.png" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Figs 10af</figureCitation>
)
</emphasis>
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="49BC6578FFC3FFF9C4ACBB94FC88FCEC" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" type="materials_examined">
<paragraph id="011936F3FFC3FFF9C4ACBB94FD74FD13" blockId="24.[151,1437,671,2035]" box="[151,719,671,697]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">
<materialsCitation id="B1CE3CAEFFC3FFF9C4ACBB94FD77FD13" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="4116773322" box="[151,716,671,697]" country="South Africa" location="Witpoortjie" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Gauteng" typeStatus="holotype">
<emphasis id="33D2EAE1FFC3FFF9C4ACBB94FE96FD13" box="[151,301,671,697]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">
<typeStatus id="DE1D8851FFC3FFF9C4ACBB94FF70FD12" box="[151,203,671,696]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Type</typeStatus>
locality.
</emphasis>
<location id="04796028FFC3FFF9C508BB94FE08FD13" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:890F87E5FFC3FFF8C4ACBB56FD62FF7F:04796028FFC3FFF9C508BB94FE08FD13" box="[307,435,671,697]" country="South Africa" name="Witpoortjie" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" stateProvince="Gauteng">Witpoortjie</location>
(
<collectingRegion id="C362F811FFC3FFF9C5F8BB94FD9EFD13" box="[451,549,671,697]" country="South Africa" name="Gauteng" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Gauteng</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingCountry id="79B17663FFC3FFF9C60BBB94FD7FFD13" box="[560,708,671,697]" name="South Africa" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">South Africa</collectingCountry>
)
</materialsCitation>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="011936F3FFC3FFF9C4FCBBC8FC88FCEC" blockId="24.[151,1437,671,2035]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">
<emphasis id="33D2EAE1FFC3FFF9C4FCBBC8FEF7FD76" box="[199,332,707,732]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Type series.</emphasis>
<materialsCitation id="B1CE3CAEFFC3FFF9C568BBC9FE31FD55" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="4116773350" collectingDate="1989-02-11" collectionCode="SANC" collectorName="B. Grobbelaar" country="South Africa" latitude="-26.07" location="Witpoortjie Botanical Garden" longLatPrecision="746" longitude="27.5" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" specimenCount="1" typeStatus="holotype">
<typeStatus id="DE1D8851FFC3FFF9C568BBC9FE05FD76" box="[339,446,706,732]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" type="holotype">Holotype</typeStatus>
, male “
<collectingCountry id="79B17663FFC3FFF9C62ABBC9FD1EFD76" box="[529,677,706,732]" name="South Africa" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">South Africa</collectingCountry>
, TVL,
<location id="04796028FFC3FFF9C6CFBBC9FBF8FD76" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:890F87E5FFC3FFF8C4ACBB56FD62FF7F:04796028FFC3FFF9C6CFBBC9FBF8FD76" box="[756,1091,706,732]" country="South Africa" latitude="-26.07" longLatPrecision="746" longitude="27.5" name="Witpoortjie Botanical Garden" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Witpoortjie Botanical Garden</location>
,
<geoCoordinate id="64925034FFC3FFF9C074BBC9FB26FD76" box="[1103,1181,706,732]" degrees="26.07" direction="south" orientation="latitude" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" precision="555" value="-26.07">26.07S</geoCoordinate>
<geoCoordinate id="64925034FFC3FFF9C09EBBC9FB43FD77" box="[1189,1272,706,733]" degrees="27.50" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" precision="555" value="27.5">27.50E</geoCoordinate>
,
<date id="75181033FFC3FFF9C13FBBC9FACDFD76" box="[1284,1398,706,732]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" value="1989-02-11">
<collectingDate id="655CE9DBFFC3FFF9C13FBBC9FACDFD76" box="[1284,1398,706,732]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" value="1989-02-11">11.ii.1989</collectingDate>
</date>
,
<collectorName id="AC535325FFC3FFF9C1B8BBC9FEA3FD55" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">B. Grobbelaar</collectorName>
” (
<collectionCode id="67B7AE36FFC3FFF9C50ABBEEFE39FD55" box="[305,386,741,767]" country="South Africa" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34248" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34248" name="Agricultural Research Council-Plant Protection Research Institute" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" type="Museum">SANC</collectionCode>
)
</materialsCitation>
.
<materialsCitation id="B1CE3CAEFFC3FFF9C5AEBBEDFCA8FC88" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="4116773387" collectingDate="1989-02-11" collectionCode="RCCM, SANC" collectorName="I. M. Millar" country="South Africa" latitude="-25.5" location="Magaliesberg" longLatPrecision="748" longitude="27.2" municipality="Oliviershoek" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" specimenCount="1" typeStatus="paratype">
<typeStatus id="DE1D8851FFC3FFF9C5AEBBEDFDBDFCAA" box="[405,518,742,768]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" type="paratype">Paratypes</typeStatus>
: same data as holotype (1,
<collectionCode id="67B7AE36FFC3FFF9C70DBBEEFC30FD55" box="[822,907,741,767]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">RCCM</collectionCode>
; 1,
<collectionCode id="67B7AE36FFC3FFF9C788BBEEFBB8FD55" box="[947,1027,741,767]" country="South Africa" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34248" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34248" name="Agricultural Research Council-Plant Protection Research Institute" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" type="Museum">SANC</collectionCode>
); “
<collectingCountry id="79B17663FFC3FFF9C01BBBEEFB0FFD55" box="[1056,1204,741,767]" name="South Africa" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">South Africa</collectingCountry>
, TVL,
<location id="04796028FFC3FFF9C13FBBEEFA27FD55" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:890F87E5FFC3FFF8C4ACBB56FD62FF7F:04796028FFC3FFF9C13FBBEEFA27FD55" box="[1284,1436,741,767]" country="South Africa" latitude="-25.5" longLatPrecision="748" longitude="27.2" municipality="Oliviershoek" name="Magaliesberg" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Magaliesberg</location>
nr
<collectingMunicipality id="E17DAC89FFC3FFF9C48EBA03FEF2FC88" box="[181,329,776,802]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Oliviershoek</collectingMunicipality>
,
<geoCoordinate id="64925034FFC3FFF9C56FBA03FE19FC89" box="[340,418,776,803]" degrees="25.50" direction="south" orientation="latitude" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" precision="555" value="-25.5">25.50S</geoCoordinate>
<geoCoordinate id="64925034FFC3FFF9C592BA03FE40FC88" box="[425,507,776,802]" degrees="27.20" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" precision="555" value="27.2">27.20E</geoCoordinate>
,
<collectorName id="AC535325FFC3FFF9C63CBA02FD3DFC88" box="[519,646,776,803]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">I.M. Millar</collectorName>
” (1,
<collectionCode id="67B7AE36FFC3FFF9C687BA03FCB7FC88" box="[700,780,776,802]" country="South Africa" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34248" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34248" name="Agricultural Research Council-Plant Protection Research Institute" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" type="Museum">SANC</collectionCode>
)
</materialsCitation>
;
<materialsCitation id="B1CE3CAEFFC3FFF9C725BA03FC94FCEC" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="4116773443" collectingDate="1996-03-15" collectionCode="SANC" collectorName="J. Pieterse" country="South Africa" latitude="-25.22" location="Farm Mezeg Enzelsberg" longLatPrecision="748" longitude="26.13" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" specimenCount="1" typeStatus="paratype">
<collectingCountry id="79B17663FFC3FFF9C725BA03FC0AFC88" box="[798,945,776,802]" name="South Africa" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">South Africa</collectingCountry>
: NW,
<location id="04796028FFC3FFF9C7CFBA02FABEFC88" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:890F87E5FFC3FFF8C4ACBB56FD62FF7F:04796028FFC3FFF9C7CFBA02FABEFC88" box="[1012,1285,776,803]" country="South Africa" latitude="-25.22" longLatPrecision="748" longitude="26.13" name="Farm Mezeg Enzelsberg" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Farm Mezeg Enzelsberg</location>
<locationDeviation id="10AB2FD1FFC3FFF9C137BA03FF50FCEC" location="Zeerust" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">
<quantity id="C65E9B16FFC3FFF9C137BA03FAE9FC88" box="[1292,1362,776,802]" metricMagnitude="4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.0" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" unit="km" value="20.0">20 km</quantity>
NE of Zeerust
</locationDeviation>
<geoCoordinate id="64925034FFC3FFF9C4C9BA20FEFBFCEC" box="[242,320,811,838]" degrees="25.22" direction="south" orientation="latitude" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" precision="555" value="-25.22">25.22S</geoCoordinate>
<geoCoordinate id="64925034FFC3FFF9C573BA20FE20FCEF" box="[328,411,811,837]" degrees="26.13" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" precision="555" value="26.13">26.13E</geoCoordinate>
,
<date id="75181033FFC3FFF9C59DBA20FD9AFCEC" box="[422,545,811,838]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" value="1996-03-15">
<collectingDate id="655CE9DBFFC3FFF9C59DBA20FD9AFCEC" box="[422,545,811,838]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" value="1996-03-15">15.iii.1996</collectingDate>
</date>
,
<collectorName id="AC535325FFC3FFF9C616BA27FD1AFCEF" box="[557,673,811,838]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">J. Pieterse</collectorName>
” (1,
<collectionCode id="67B7AE36FFC3FFF9C6ECBA27FC9CFCEC" box="[727,807,812,838]" country="South Africa" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34248" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34248" name="Agricultural Research Council-Plant Protection Research Institute" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" type="Museum">SANC</collectionCode>
)
</materialsCitation>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="49BC6578FFC3FFF9C4FCBA44FE05FC26" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" type="diagnosis">
<paragraph id="011936F3FFC3FFF9C4FCBA44FE05FC26" blockId="24.[151,1437,671,2035]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">
<emphasis id="33D2EAE1FFC3FFF9C4FCBA44FE82FCC2" box="[199,313,847,872]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Diagnosis</emphasis>
. As
<taxonomicName id="C6A64D70FFC3FFF9C554BA44FE55FCC3" authorityName="Caldara &amp; Košťál" authorityYear="2023" box="[367,494,847,873]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Cionus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="schuelei">
<emphasis id="33D2EAE1FFC3FFF9C554BA44FE55FCC3" box="[367,494,847,873]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">C. schuelei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
except for shorter rostrum, less convex and less emarginated mesosternal process, penis with long flagellum.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="49BC6578FFC3FFF9C4FCBA9DFB07F8E8" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" type="description">
<paragraph id="011936F3FFC3FFF9C4FCBA9DFC34F973" blockId="24.[151,1437,671,2035]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">
<emphasis id="33D2EAE1FFC3FFF9C4FCBA9DFEF0FC05" box="[199,331,918,943]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Description</emphasis>
. Male (
<figureCitation id="999D2A76FFC3FFF9C59EBA9EFD93FC05" box="[421,552,917,943]" captionStart="FIGURES 910" captionStartId="23.[151,264,1908,1932]" captionTargetBox="[198,1388,185,1881]" captionTargetId="figure-22@23.[194,1393,181,1885]" captionTargetPageId="23" captionText="FIGURES 910. FIGURE 9. Cionus shuelei sp. n. a: body in dorsal view (male), b: body in lateral view (male), c: rostrum in lateral view (female), d: penis in ventral view, e: penis in lateral view, f: apex of penis in dorsal view. FIGURE 10. Cionus transvaalicus sp. n. a: body in dorsal view (male), b: body in lateral view (male), c: rostrum in lateral view (female), d: penis in ventral view, e: penis in lateral view, f: apex of penis in dorsal view. Not to scale." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7958889" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7958889/files/figure.png" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Figs 10ab</figureCitation>
).
<emphasis id="33D2EAE1FFC3FFF9C607BA9EFD38FC05" bold="true" box="[572,643,917,943]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Body:</emphasis>
robust, globose.
<emphasis id="33D2EAE1FFC3FFF9C773BA9EFC2AFC05" bold="true" box="[840,913,917,943]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Head:</emphasis>
rostrum: stout, short (Rl/Rw 2.782.82; Rl/Pl 1.231.26), black, in lateral view regularly moderately curved, slightly tapered from base to antennal insertion, then distinctly tapered to apex, in dorsal view parallel-sided, slightly enlarged apically; densely covered to near apex with dense, recumbent, elliptical, moderately elongated (l/w 47), grayish and light brown scales. Head between eyes narrow, 0.25× as wide as rostrum at base. Eyes flat. Antennae reddish brown with darker club, inserted between middle and apical third; scape long (l/w 10); funicle slightly shorter than scape, S1 moderately robust, slightly more robust than and as long as S2, 2.3× as long as wide,
<geoCoordinate id="64925034FFC3FFF9C71EBD63FCD5FB29" box="[805,878,1128,1155]" degrees="2" direction="south" minutes="2.5" orientation="latitude" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" precision="92" value="-2.0416667">S2 2.5</geoCoordinate>
× as long as wide, S35 transverse; club oblongly oval, as long as funicle, uniformly pubescent,
<emphasis id="33D2EAE1FFC3FFF9C69DBD87FC93FB0C" bold="true" box="[678,808,1164,1190]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Pronotum:</emphasis>
dark brown, with dense, somewhat regularly arranged, shallow, small punctures completely hidden by dense, recumbent, moderately long (l/w 47), rectangular, grayish and light brown scales; conical, moderately transverse (Pw/Pl 1.501.54), widest at base, with weakly rounded sides, moderately convex, with two distinct lateral protuberances.
<emphasis id="33D2EAE1FFC3FFF9C779BDFEFC61FAA5" bold="true" box="[834,986,1269,1295]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Prosternum:</emphasis>
anterior margin distinctly emarginated.
<emphasis id="33D2EAE1FFC3FFF9C4ACBC13FF56FA98" bold="true" box="[151,237,1304,1330]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Elytra:</emphasis>
dark brown, short (El/Ew 1.101.13), globose, widest at middle, distinctly wider than pronotum (Ew/Pw 1.601.63), humeri distinct, rounded, slightly rounded sides in basal half, moderately convex on disc; interstriae flat, without distinct punctures, very slightly rugulose, opaque, completely hidden by recumbent, rectangular, grayish and light brown scales, with a few small dark brown spots irregularly arranged on odd interstriae; striae with dense, moderately deep punctures, half width of interstriae, intervals between punctures at same level as interstriae, completely hidden by vestiture.
<emphasis id="33D2EAE1FFC3FFF9C5CCBCC3FDEAFA48" bold="true" box="[503,593,1480,1506]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Venter:</emphasis>
Mesosternal process moderately convex, weakly emarginated. Metasternum densely covered with overlapping, whitish scales, being wider at sides and elongated, partly hair-like in middle. Abdomen with dense, somewhat regularly arranged, shallow, small punctures completely hidden by recumbent, dense, elongated, whitish scales, partly more elongated, hair-like on V1, V2 and V5, forming a small tuft on V2; V1 1.6× as long as V2; V1+2 5.9× as long as V3+4, which are 0.7× as long as V5.
<emphasis id="33D2EAE1FFC3FFF9C7CCBF5EFB83F9C5" bold="true" box="[1015,1080,1621,1647]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Legs:</emphasis>
densely covered with elongated whitish scales; femora black, with robust, sharp teeth; tibiae black, without unci; tarsi black, onychium twice as long as T3; claws asymmetrical, one claw 1/4 as long as other.
<emphasis id="33D2EAE1FFC3FFF9C723BF90FCDAF91F" bold="true" box="[792,865,1691,1717]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Penis:</emphasis>
<figureCitation id="999D2A76FFC3FFF9C75CBF90FC59F91F" box="[871,994,1691,1717]" captionStart="FIGURES 910" captionStartId="23.[151,264,1908,1932]" captionTargetBox="[198,1388,185,1881]" captionTargetId="figure-22@23.[194,1393,181,1885]" captionTargetPageId="23" captionText="FIGURES 910. FIGURE 9. Cionus shuelei sp. n. a: body in dorsal view (male), b: body in lateral view (male), c: rostrum in lateral view (female), d: penis in ventral view, e: penis in lateral view, f: apex of penis in dorsal view. FIGURE 10. Cionus transvaalicus sp. n. a: body in dorsal view (male), b: body in lateral view (male), c: rostrum in lateral view (female), d: penis in ventral view, e: penis in lateral view, f: apex of penis in dorsal view. Not to scale." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7958889" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7958889/files/figure.png" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Figs 10df</figureCitation>
, its body parallel-sided to near apex, tip blunted. Flagellum very long, slightly narrowing from base to apex.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="011936F3FFC3FFF9C4FCBFE9FCB3F8B5" blockId="24.[151,1437,671,2035]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">
Female. Rostrum very slightly longer (Rl/Rw 2.942.97; Rl/Pl 1.251.30) (
<figureCitation id="999D2A76FFC3FFF9C07BBFE9FB1EF956" box="[1088,1189,1762,1788]" captionStart="FIGURES 910" captionStartId="23.[151,264,1908,1932]" captionTargetBox="[198,1388,185,1881]" captionTargetId="figure-22@23.[194,1393,181,1885]" captionTargetPageId="23" captionText="FIGURES 910. FIGURE 9. Cionus shuelei sp. n. a: body in dorsal view (male), b: body in lateral view (male), c: rostrum in lateral view (female), d: penis in ventral view, e: penis in lateral view, f: apex of penis in dorsal view. FIGURE 10. Cionus transvaalicus sp. n. a: body in dorsal view (male), b: body in lateral view (male), c: rostrum in lateral view (female), d: penis in ventral view, e: penis in lateral view, f: apex of penis in dorsal view. Not to scale." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7958889" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7958889/files/figure.png" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Fig. 10c</figureCitation>
), claws very slightly asymmetrical, abdomen with all scales similar in shape.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="011936F3FFC3FFF9C4FCBE23FB07F8E8" blockId="24.[151,1437,671,2035]" box="[199,1212,1832,1859]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">
Variability. Length
<quantity id="C65E9B16FFC3FFF9C59BBE23FD91F8E9" box="[416,554,1832,1859]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.5" metricValueMax="3.6" metricValueMin="3.4" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" unit="mm" value="3.5" valueMax="3.6" valueMin="3.4">3.43.6 mm</quantity>
. No noteworthy differences among specimens were found.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="49BC6578FFC3FFF9C4FCBE40FEB7F823" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="011936F3FFC3FFF9C4FCBE40FEB7F823" blockId="24.[151,1437,671,2035]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">
<emphasis id="33D2EAE1FFC3FFF9C4FCBE40FEFEF8CF" box="[199,325,1867,1893]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Etymology.</emphasis>
The Latin adjective refers to the ancient name of the region where this species was collected, the Transvaal.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="49BC6578FFC3FFF9C4FCBE99FE10F858" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="011936F3FFC3FFF9C4FCBE99FE10F858" blockId="24.[151,1437,671,2035]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">
<emphasis id="33D2EAE1FFC3FFF9C4FCBE99FE8AF806" box="[199,305,1938,1964]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Remarks.</emphasis>
Similar to
<taxonomicName id="C6A64D70FFC3FFF9C596BE99FD92F806" authorityName="Caldara &amp; Košťál" authorityYear="2023" box="[429,553,1938,1964]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Cionus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="schuelei">
<emphasis id="33D2EAE1FFC3FFF9C596BE99FD92F806" box="[429,553,1938,1964]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">C. schuelei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(head between eyes very narrow), from which it differs by the shorter rostrum, the mesosternal process less convex and less emarginated, the shape of the penis with longer, parallel-sided body, and very long flagellum.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="49BC6578FFC2FFF8C4FCB99CFD3AFF1B" box="[199,641,151,177]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" type="biology_ecology">
<paragraph id="011936F3FFC2FFF8C4FCB99CFD3AFF1B" blockId="25.[199,729,151,213]" box="[199,641,151,177]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">
<emphasis id="33D2EAE1FFC2FFF8C4FCB99CFE3EFF1A" box="[199,389,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">Biological notes.</emphasis>
No data are available.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="49BC6578FFC2FFF8C4FCB9B0FD62FF7F" box="[199,729,187,213]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="011936F3FFC2FFF8C4FCB9B0FD62FF7F" blockId="25.[199,729,151,213]" box="[199,729,187,213]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">
<emphasis id="33D2EAE1FFC2FFF8C4FCB9B0FEE3FF7F" box="[199,344,187,213]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">Distribution.</emphasis>
Northern
<collectingCountry id="79B17663FFC2FFF8C5F1B9B0FDE2FF7F" box="[458,601,187,213]" name="South Africa" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">South Africa</collectingCountry>
(
<collectingRegion id="C362F811FFC2FFF8C652B9B0FD76FF7F" box="[617,717,187,213]" country="South Africa" name="Gauteng" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">Gauteng</collectingRegion>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
</document>