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<taxonomicName id="2AB2AB00FF4001FC8047D6174A09C209" LSID="8CE77427-8D69-5E12-8F1E-3E6C85E47630" authority="Germann, 2020" authorityName="Germann" authorityYear="2020" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Pseudoalaocybites" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pseudoalaocybites chimborazoi" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="23" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="chimborazoi" status="sp. nov">Pseudoalaocybites chimborazoi</taxonomicName>
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<figureCitation id="DA8FADE93562B6376F48AD7A73F3F0A5" captionStart="Figures 1–11" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figures 1 - 11. Pseudoalaocybites chimborazoi sp. nov., holotype. 1. habitus dorsal. 2. rostrum with antenna, dorsal view. 3. ditto ventral view. 4. fore margin of pronotum, head, rostrum and antennae in lateral view, arrow indicates the single yellow ocellum. 5. elytra in lateral view, arrow indicates shortened 9 th striae. 6. right fore leg, dorsal view. 7. right hind leg, ventro-lateral view. 8. underside, arrow indicates free last three ventrites (ventrites 4 and 5 digitally re-mounted, as taken away for dissection). 9. spermatheca. 10. vulva with ovipositor. 11. spiculum ventrale." figureDoi="10.3897/alpento.4.49848.figures1-11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/391682" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">Figs 1-11</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation id="5783A818FE4F3DDAC588A1017EC41C2C" captionStart="Figure 12" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 12. Habitat aspect at foothills of Chimborazo at 4100 m a. s. l." figureDoi="10.3897/alpento.4.49848.figure12" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/391683" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">, 12</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation id="067C43DD7D9B91FC19F17D5B41A03038" captionStart="Figure 13" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 13. Distribution map for all described species of Pseudoalaocybites (blue: nominal subgenus; red: Croizatius): 1. Pseudoalaocybites negreai (Osella, 1980), 2. P. jarmilae Osella, 1980, 3. P. affinis Osella, 1980, 4. P. annae Osella, 1980, 5. P. armatus Osella, 1980, 6. P. diversesculptus Osella, 1980, 7. P. inermis Osella, 1980, 8. P. pacei Osella, 1980, 9. P. persimilis Osella, 1980, 10. P. stewarti Osella, 1980, 11. P. aelleni Osella, 1989, 12. P. squamirostris Osella, 1987, 13. P. elegans Osella, 1987, 14. P. margheritae Osella, 1987, 15. P. venezuelanus Osella, 1980, 16. P. latithorax Osella, 1980, 17. P. chimborazoi sp. nov. (basic layer by Simple Mappr)." figureDoi="10.3897/alpento.4.49848.figure13" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/391684" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">, 13</figureCitation>
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<paragraph id="B9324F66B22FF8BCD2C7DFF38F2602B3" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">Type locality.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="1C0AECB5FB2FCB8CBDF68BDB5DCE5560" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">Ecuador, Riobamba, Chimborazo.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="35340B3BCC49BDCFB4C8C5D829CF1AFF" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">Holotype.</paragraph>
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,
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, [leg.]
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<emphasis id="3CDFBB0E3EE0832476FC0BC29742FEF8" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">Pseudoalaocybites chimborazoi</emphasis>
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sp. nov. des. C. Germann 2020
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[red label] //
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<paragraph id="A111623952C8F9F4F077987B63545263" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">Description.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="9F8B46C74B951CB5FA56983728EBA05F" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">Length: 3.3 mm.</paragraph>
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Body colour: dark auburn, glabrous (Fig.
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<figureCitation id="93C4420D27FF5CCD0C5B2FDEE49C869E" captionStart="Figures 1–11" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figures 1 - 11. Pseudoalaocybites chimborazoi sp. nov., holotype. 1. habitus dorsal. 2. rostrum with antenna, dorsal view. 3. ditto ventral view. 4. fore margin of pronotum, head, rostrum and antennae in lateral view, arrow indicates the single yellow ocellum. 5. elytra in lateral view, arrow indicates shortened 9 th striae. 6. right fore leg, dorsal view. 7. right hind leg, ventro-lateral view. 8. underside, arrow indicates free last three ventrites (ventrites 4 and 5 digitally re-mounted, as taken away for dissection). 9. spermatheca. 10. vulva with ovipositor. 11. spiculum ventrale." figureDoi="10.3897/alpento.4.49848.figures1-11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/391682" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">1</figureCitation>
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).
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<emphasis id="F55CEAA5AE05D7D9963F0BB88843858F" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">Figures 1-11.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="A7A5D62F1653BFE2D4F30C9E8DBB5868" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">Pseudoalaocybites chimborazoi</emphasis>
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sp. nov., holotype.
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habitus dorsal.
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<emphasis id="56E06BE2E1CE4EB48AE2001EB7865E76" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">2.</emphasis>
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rostrum with antenna, dorsal view.
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<emphasis id="184331FDD83CBA0EE3307966D56A097C" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">3.</emphasis>
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ditto ventral view.
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<emphasis id="1212471FF6A505FEBFA68D5C20CA7AA8" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">4.</emphasis>
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fore margin of pronotum, head, rostrum and antennae in lateral view, arrow indicates the single yellow ocellum.
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<emphasis id="EA5CF3C962CF4F7AA0B40045D522E34F" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">5.</emphasis>
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elytra in lateral view, arrow indicates shortened 9th striae.
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<emphasis id="6DD7E8D5AA5E2DFFD4E85344D8442E38" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">6.</emphasis>
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right fore leg, dorsal view.
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<emphasis id="BF3D5D3EF42CD1EA998F2B10275224FF" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">7.</emphasis>
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right hind leg, ventro-lateral view.
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<emphasis id="212855C93AE334BDB373B129FAEDD6D3" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">8.</emphasis>
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underside, arrow indicates free last three ventrites (ventrites 4 and 5 digitally re-mounted, as taken away for dissection).
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<emphasis id="238F7975B71DBE15718D5EA5B27BDC39" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">9.</emphasis>
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spermatheca.
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<emphasis id="394A8FCF6C72A435BAABBDCEF797FC0B" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">10.</emphasis>
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vulva with ovipositor.
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<emphasis id="1D50889202437B5B1E61560AD40865EA" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">11.</emphasis>
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spiculum ventrale.
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Head, rostrum and antennae: Head (Fig.
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) globose, impunctate and glabrous, abruptly different from rostrum; eyes strongly reduced, one remaining yellowish ocellum visible (see arrow in Fig.
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<figureCitation id="CABC649EA707461B7F823F0C3AE9D3CB" captionStart="Figures 1–11" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figures 1 - 11. Pseudoalaocybites chimborazoi sp. nov., holotype. 1. habitus dorsal. 2. rostrum with antenna, dorsal view. 3. ditto ventral view. 4. fore margin of pronotum, head, rostrum and antennae in lateral view, arrow indicates the single yellow ocellum. 5. elytra in lateral view, arrow indicates shortened 9 th striae. 6. right fore leg, dorsal view. 7. right hind leg, ventro-lateral view. 8. underside, arrow indicates free last three ventrites (ventrites 4 and 5 digitally re-mounted, as taken away for dissection). 9. spermatheca. 10. vulva with ovipositor. 11. spiculum ventrale." figureDoi="10.3897/alpento.4.49848.figures1-11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/391682" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">4</figureCitation>
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). Rostrum about four times longer than wide, quadrate in cross-section at middle, spatulate, enlarged after fore half to tip, weakly attenuated at middle of spatulate tip (Fig.
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<figureCitation id="70FCFD25A104CBB9C5A9CC2B6C24D3EC" captionStart="Figures 1–11" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figures 1 - 11. Pseudoalaocybites chimborazoi sp. nov., holotype. 1. habitus dorsal. 2. rostrum with antenna, dorsal view. 3. ditto ventral view. 4. fore margin of pronotum, head, rostrum and antennae in lateral view, arrow indicates the single yellow ocellum. 5. elytra in lateral view, arrow indicates shortened 9 th striae. 6. right fore leg, dorsal view. 7. right hind leg, ventro-lateral view. 8. underside, arrow indicates free last three ventrites (ventrites 4 and 5 digitally re-mounted, as taken away for dissection). 9. spermatheca. 10. vulva with ovipositor. 11. spiculum ventrale." figureDoi="10.3897/alpento.4.49848.figures1-11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/391682" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">2</figureCitation>
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). Rostrum dorsally and ventrally coarsely punctate in first half, enlarged fore half with finer punctation (Figs
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<figureCitation id="6974B13778C4DD68631AEAAF390932EE" captionStart="Figures 1–11" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figures 1 - 11. Pseudoalaocybites chimborazoi sp. nov., holotype. 1. habitus dorsal. 2. rostrum with antenna, dorsal view. 3. ditto ventral view. 4. fore margin of pronotum, head, rostrum and antennae in lateral view, arrow indicates the single yellow ocellum. 5. elytra in lateral view, arrow indicates shortened 9 th striae. 6. right fore leg, dorsal view. 7. right hind leg, ventro-lateral view. 8. underside, arrow indicates free last three ventrites (ventrites 4 and 5 digitally re-mounted, as taken away for dissection). 9. spermatheca. 10. vulva with ovipositor. 11. spiculum ventrale." figureDoi="10.3897/alpento.4.49848.figures1-11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/391682" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">2</figureCitation>
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and
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<figureCitation id="C64DA3192A1073D13D5A1E3C4AB9436C" captionStart="Figures 1–11" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figures 1 - 11. Pseudoalaocybites chimborazoi sp. nov., holotype. 1. habitus dorsal. 2. rostrum with antenna, dorsal view. 3. ditto ventral view. 4. fore margin of pronotum, head, rostrum and antennae in lateral view, arrow indicates the single yellow ocellum. 5. elytra in lateral view, arrow indicates shortened 9 th striae. 6. right fore leg, dorsal view. 7. right hind leg, ventro-lateral view. 8. underside, arrow indicates free last three ventrites (ventrites 4 and 5 digitally re-mounted, as taken away for dissection). 9. spermatheca. 10. vulva with ovipositor. 11. spiculum ventrale." figureDoi="10.3897/alpento.4.49848.figures1-11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/391682" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">3</figureCitation>
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). Epistome glabrous, fore margin prolongate in middle above mandibles, these well visible from above. Underside of mouth parts with long-oval ventrolateral grooves, outer margin vaulted; labium elongated; maxillae with last segment elongate, pen-shaped. Rostrum in lateral view bowed, scrobes lateral, reaching head (Fig.
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<figureCitation id="FCA56B5444E3F83DEF37B341B720630C" captionStart="Figures 1–11" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figures 1 - 11. Pseudoalaocybites chimborazoi sp. nov., holotype. 1. habitus dorsal. 2. rostrum with antenna, dorsal view. 3. ditto ventral view. 4. fore margin of pronotum, head, rostrum and antennae in lateral view, arrow indicates the single yellow ocellum. 5. elytra in lateral view, arrow indicates shortened 9 th striae. 6. right fore leg, dorsal view. 7. right hind leg, ventro-lateral view. 8. underside, arrow indicates free last three ventrites (ventrites 4 and 5 digitally re-mounted, as taken away for dissection). 9. spermatheca. 10. vulva with ovipositor. 11. spiculum ventrale." figureDoi="10.3897/alpento.4.49848.figures1-11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/391682" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">4</figureCitation>
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). Antennal insertion in spatulate fore half of rostrum, insertion grooves visible from above (Fig.
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<figureCitation id="71653267E3F20B56543679C445D5AA6B" captionStart="Figures 1–11" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figures 1 - 11. Pseudoalaocybites chimborazoi sp. nov., holotype. 1. habitus dorsal. 2. rostrum with antenna, dorsal view. 3. ditto ventral view. 4. fore margin of pronotum, head, rostrum and antennae in lateral view, arrow indicates the single yellow ocellum. 5. elytra in lateral view, arrow indicates shortened 9 th striae. 6. right fore leg, dorsal view. 7. right hind leg, ventro-lateral view. 8. underside, arrow indicates free last three ventrites (ventrites 4 and 5 digitally re-mounted, as taken away for dissection). 9. spermatheca. 10. vulva with ovipositor. 11. spiculum ventrale." figureDoi="10.3897/alpento.4.49848.figures1-11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/391682" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">2</figureCitation>
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). Antennal scape gradually thickened in distal half, as long as funiculus. Funicle (Fig.
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<figureCitation id="B5027B77C1A0B6B5701A5B509CE3EC9E" captionStart="Figures 1–11" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figures 1 - 11. Pseudoalaocybites chimborazoi sp. nov., holotype. 1. habitus dorsal. 2. rostrum with antenna, dorsal view. 3. ditto ventral view. 4. fore margin of pronotum, head, rostrum and antennae in lateral view, arrow indicates the single yellow ocellum. 5. elytra in lateral view, arrow indicates shortened 9 th striae. 6. right fore leg, dorsal view. 7. right hind leg, ventro-lateral view. 8. underside, arrow indicates free last three ventrites (ventrites 4 and 5 digitally re-mounted, as taken away for dissection). 9. spermatheca. 10. vulva with ovipositor. 11. spiculum ventrale." figureDoi="10.3897/alpento.4.49848.figures1-11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/391682" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">2</figureCitation>
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) consisting of eight antennomeres of following ratios (L/B): 1st: 1.5; 2nd: 1.4; 3rd: 1.1; 4th to 6th: 0.8; 7th: 0.75; 8th: 0.7. Club with cup-shaped first segment, following segments half round on top, circular in cross-section, densely clothed with yellowish setae.
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Pronotum: index (L/B): 1.2. Oval, longer than wide, strongly constricted before fore margin, widest behind middle. Surface glabrous and deeply punctate, interspaces narrower than size of punctation. Prosternum coarsely punctate, fore margin regularly rounded without channel, solely with two faint longitudinal ridges (Fig.
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<figureCitation id="101785ABEB4E901AEC4FE526B0F33B72" captionStart="Figures 1–11" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figures 1 - 11. Pseudoalaocybites chimborazoi sp. nov., holotype. 1. habitus dorsal. 2. rostrum with antenna, dorsal view. 3. ditto ventral view. 4. fore margin of pronotum, head, rostrum and antennae in lateral view, arrow indicates the single yellow ocellum. 5. elytra in lateral view, arrow indicates shortened 9 th striae. 6. right fore leg, dorsal view. 7. right hind leg, ventro-lateral view. 8. underside, arrow indicates free last three ventrites (ventrites 4 and 5 digitally re-mounted, as taken away for dissection). 9. spermatheca. 10. vulva with ovipositor. 11. spiculum ventrale." figureDoi="10.3897/alpento.4.49848.figures1-11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/391682" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">3</figureCitation>
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), margin in lateral view straight (Fig.
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<figureCitation id="373D35B1FF898AED4D306567AE7CD31B" captionStart="Figures 1–11" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figures 1 - 11. Pseudoalaocybites chimborazoi sp. nov., holotype. 1. habitus dorsal. 2. rostrum with antenna, dorsal view. 3. ditto ventral view. 4. fore margin of pronotum, head, rostrum and antennae in lateral view, arrow indicates the single yellow ocellum. 5. elytra in lateral view, arrow indicates shortened 9 th striae. 6. right fore leg, dorsal view. 7. right hind leg, ventro-lateral view. 8. underside, arrow indicates free last three ventrites (ventrites 4 and 5 digitally re-mounted, as taken away for dissection). 9. spermatheca. 10. vulva with ovipositor. 11. spiculum ventrale." figureDoi="10.3897/alpento.4.49848.figures1-11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/391682" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">4</figureCitation>
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). Scutellum absent.
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<paragraph id="FCD12F571F58CCFE0C0D921895BF38AA" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">
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Elytra: index (L/B): 1.6. Base narrow, equal in width to hind margin of pronotum, margin upwards bent, elytra long-oval, lacking humeral callus (apterous), fused along suture, widest in middle. Nine rows of deeply punctate striae, with stria six shortened along middle of elytra (Fig.
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<figureCitation id="D7BDF77F9D420AC6DBF00DDFB0A37A7D" captionStart="Figures 1–11" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figures 1 - 11. Pseudoalaocybites chimborazoi sp. nov., holotype. 1. habitus dorsal. 2. rostrum with antenna, dorsal view. 3. ditto ventral view. 4. fore margin of pronotum, head, rostrum and antennae in lateral view, arrow indicates the single yellow ocellum. 5. elytra in lateral view, arrow indicates shortened 9 th striae. 6. right fore leg, dorsal view. 7. right hind leg, ventro-lateral view. 8. underside, arrow indicates free last three ventrites (ventrites 4 and 5 digitally re-mounted, as taken away for dissection). 9. spermatheca. 10. vulva with ovipositor. 11. spiculum ventrale." figureDoi="10.3897/alpento.4.49848.figures1-11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/391682" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">5</figureCitation>
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, arrow), and stria nine reduced to punctures at base and towards apex. Bright setae raise from fore margins of punctures, these as long as diameter of one puncture. Intervals glabrous and weakly vaulted, with sparse, single standing raised bright setae around elytral decline, these setae twice as long as those in the punctures.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="676EA9642DCDF659EB57886C1248A602" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">
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Venter: Five ventrites, first two fused, third to fifth free (Fig.
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<figureCitation id="E2B38AE57A381A14CC9DB8A4F146118B" captionStart="Figures 1–11" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figures 1 - 11. Pseudoalaocybites chimborazoi sp. nov., holotype. 1. habitus dorsal. 2. rostrum with antenna, dorsal view. 3. ditto ventral view. 4. fore margin of pronotum, head, rostrum and antennae in lateral view, arrow indicates the single yellow ocellum. 5. elytra in lateral view, arrow indicates shortened 9 th striae. 6. right fore leg, dorsal view. 7. right hind leg, ventro-lateral view. 8. underside, arrow indicates free last three ventrites (ventrites 4 and 5 digitally re-mounted, as taken away for dissection). 9. spermatheca. 10. vulva with ovipositor. 11. spiculum ventrale." figureDoi="10.3897/alpento.4.49848.figures1-11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/391682" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">8</figureCitation>
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, arrow indicates free third ventrite), all ventrites deeply punctate and glabrous; first one as long as second, third
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of the length of second, fourth similar in length, last ventrite blunt oval towards apex and flat (Fig.
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<figureCitation id="F1F05FD32E8582A3EBCD10F443AB1355" captionStart="Figures 1–11" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figures 1 - 11. Pseudoalaocybites chimborazoi sp. nov., holotype. 1. habitus dorsal. 2. rostrum with antenna, dorsal view. 3. ditto ventral view. 4. fore margin of pronotum, head, rostrum and antennae in lateral view, arrow indicates the single yellow ocellum. 5. elytra in lateral view, arrow indicates shortened 9 th striae. 6. right fore leg, dorsal view. 7. right hind leg, ventro-lateral view. 8. underside, arrow indicates free last three ventrites (ventrites 4 and 5 digitally re-mounted, as taken away for dissection). 9. spermatheca. 10. vulva with ovipositor. 11. spiculum ventrale." figureDoi="10.3897/alpento.4.49848.figures1-11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/391682" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">8</figureCitation>
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).
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<paragraph id="0EAA5C3AE202E015E4B6E9EB7598568F" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">
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Legs: Coxae separated from each other as follows: procoxae by less than
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<normalizedToken id="E0A15B5DDABAD80A5B02750F7D31C601" originalValue="¼">1/4</normalizedToken>
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of
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<paragraph id="DDF5EFAE26D949FCDB2D9D3D948C8770" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">
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their diameter, almost contiguous, mesocoxae by 1/3 and metacoxae by two times of their diameter (Fig.
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<figureCitation id="7E570610625A9EB26EF151CDB2C65FB6" captionStart="Figures 1–11" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figures 1 - 11. Pseudoalaocybites chimborazoi sp. nov., holotype. 1. habitus dorsal. 2. rostrum with antenna, dorsal view. 3. ditto ventral view. 4. fore margin of pronotum, head, rostrum and antennae in lateral view, arrow indicates the single yellow ocellum. 5. elytra in lateral view, arrow indicates shortened 9 th striae. 6. right fore leg, dorsal view. 7. right hind leg, ventro-lateral view. 8. underside, arrow indicates free last three ventrites (ventrites 4 and 5 digitally re-mounted, as taken away for dissection). 9. spermatheca. 10. vulva with ovipositor. 11. spiculum ventrale." figureDoi="10.3897/alpento.4.49848.figures1-11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/391682" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">8</figureCitation>
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). Femora unarmed, punctate, with straight yellowish bristles and fine rasp teeth on dorsal side. Tibiae with rasp teeth on inner and outer edges and set with straight long yellowish bristles (Figs
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<figureCitation id="6D13C463CCF18A53038D076C974B351C" captionStart="Figures 1–11" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figures 1 - 11. Pseudoalaocybites chimborazoi sp. nov., holotype. 1. habitus dorsal. 2. rostrum with antenna, dorsal view. 3. ditto ventral view. 4. fore margin of pronotum, head, rostrum and antennae in lateral view, arrow indicates the single yellow ocellum. 5. elytra in lateral view, arrow indicates shortened 9 th striae. 6. right fore leg, dorsal view. 7. right hind leg, ventro-lateral view. 8. underside, arrow indicates free last three ventrites (ventrites 4 and 5 digitally re-mounted, as taken away for dissection). 9. spermatheca. 10. vulva with ovipositor. 11. spiculum ventrale." figureDoi="10.3897/alpento.4.49848.figures1-11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/391682" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">6</figureCitation>
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,
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<figureCitation id="7A0A3A9D1E179E05DC2CC75708720B99" captionStart="Figures 1–11" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figures 1 - 11. Pseudoalaocybites chimborazoi sp. nov., holotype. 1. habitus dorsal. 2. rostrum with antenna, dorsal view. 3. ditto ventral view. 4. fore margin of pronotum, head, rostrum and antennae in lateral view, arrow indicates the single yellow ocellum. 5. elytra in lateral view, arrow indicates shortened 9 th striae. 6. right fore leg, dorsal view. 7. right hind leg, ventro-lateral view. 8. underside, arrow indicates free last three ventrites (ventrites 4 and 5 digitally re-mounted, as taken away for dissection). 9. spermatheca. 10. vulva with ovipositor. 11. spiculum ventrale." figureDoi="10.3897/alpento.4.49848.figures1-11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/391682" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">7</figureCitation>
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). Apex of tibiae with long curved uncus at inner apical angle, and with combs of stiff yellowish spines at outer margins. Tarsi (Fig.
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<figureCitation id="3C95FD83F59F8490FA47BCBC200FD577" captionStart="Figures 1–11" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figures 1 - 11. Pseudoalaocybites chimborazoi sp. nov., holotype. 1. habitus dorsal. 2. rostrum with antenna, dorsal view. 3. ditto ventral view. 4. fore margin of pronotum, head, rostrum and antennae in lateral view, arrow indicates the single yellow ocellum. 5. elytra in lateral view, arrow indicates shortened 9 th striae. 6. right fore leg, dorsal view. 7. right hind leg, ventro-lateral view. 8. underside, arrow indicates free last three ventrites (ventrites 4 and 5 digitally re-mounted, as taken away for dissection). 9. spermatheca. 10. vulva with ovipositor. 11. spiculum ventrale." figureDoi="10.3897/alpento.4.49848.figures1-11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/391682" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">7</figureCitation>
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) with five tarsomeres, first three steady broadening, set with long setae, third tarsomere fused but distally roundish emarginate, fourth minute and hidden in third. Onychium as long as preceding three tarsal segments, claws free and simple.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="9F081E0E09314D6CC5935EB82190FB9B" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">
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Genitalia: Spermatheca with corpus bottle-shaped, cornu regularly bowed and attenuated, ramus reduced, nodulus protruding and narrowed towards duct (Fig.
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<figureCitation id="61BF7DDE79D7FBC5429CC3A23BAF808A" captionStart="Figures 1–11" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figures 1 - 11. Pseudoalaocybites chimborazoi sp. nov., holotype. 1. habitus dorsal. 2. rostrum with antenna, dorsal view. 3. ditto ventral view. 4. fore margin of pronotum, head, rostrum and antennae in lateral view, arrow indicates the single yellow ocellum. 5. elytra in lateral view, arrow indicates shortened 9 th striae. 6. right fore leg, dorsal view. 7. right hind leg, ventro-lateral view. 8. underside, arrow indicates free last three ventrites (ventrites 4 and 5 digitally re-mounted, as taken away for dissection). 9. spermatheca. 10. vulva with ovipositor. 11. spiculum ventrale." figureDoi="10.3897/alpento.4.49848.figures1-11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/391682" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">9</figureCitation>
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). Ovipositor (gonocoxites) (Fig.
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<figureCitation id="E9EA12B67AE5031604F9AB95788E1100" captionStart="Figures 1–11" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figures 1 - 11. Pseudoalaocybites chimborazoi sp. nov., holotype. 1. habitus dorsal. 2. rostrum with antenna, dorsal view. 3. ditto ventral view. 4. fore margin of pronotum, head, rostrum and antennae in lateral view, arrow indicates the single yellow ocellum. 5. elytra in lateral view, arrow indicates shortened 9 th striae. 6. right fore leg, dorsal view. 7. right hind leg, ventro-lateral view. 8. underside, arrow indicates free last three ventrites (ventrites 4 and 5 digitally re-mounted, as taken away for dissection). 9. spermatheca. 10. vulva with ovipositor. 11. spiculum ventrale." figureDoi="10.3897/alpento.4.49848.figures1-11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/391682" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">10</figureCitation>
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) with well developed broad styli, apex flattened with stiff setae. Spiculum ventrale with base of apodeme not broadened, plate bell-shaped, with spindle-shaped window along middle, apical margin of plate densely set with strong and bowed setae (Fig.
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<figureCitation id="4B79450DA0B31F601902CE8DE05B1D27" captionStart="Figures 1–11" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figures 1 - 11. Pseudoalaocybites chimborazoi sp. nov., holotype. 1. habitus dorsal. 2. rostrum with antenna, dorsal view. 3. ditto ventral view. 4. fore margin of pronotum, head, rostrum and antennae in lateral view, arrow indicates the single yellow ocellum. 5. elytra in lateral view, arrow indicates shortened 9 th striae. 6. right fore leg, dorsal view. 7. right hind leg, ventro-lateral view. 8. underside, arrow indicates free last three ventrites (ventrites 4 and 5 digitally re-mounted, as taken away for dissection). 9. spermatheca. 10. vulva with ovipositor. 11. spiculum ventrale." figureDoi="10.3897/alpento.4.49848.figures1-11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/391682" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">11</figureCitation>
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). Male unknown.
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<paragraph id="AE7374595B15A965FC34CC587531C109" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">Etymology.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="62E51E35AE8DB71445E7BC9D0F8FFA63" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">
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Named from Chimborazo - one of the most beautiful vulcanos of the World, dominating the landscape around the type locality where the new species evolved (Fig.
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).
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</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="068B818C7369C609EEED222F867C6FB1" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">Figure 12.</emphasis>
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Habitat aspect at foothills of Chimborazo at 4100 m a.s.l.
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<subSubSection id="4C18C3203E8EBFC0F8FB102E6ABE5F5B" pageId="0" pageNumber="23" type="diagnosis">
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<paragraph id="D4DB44E070953F5E07065D0BAE0F8291" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="4CCE7F3635C1719F4F323473A3828B25" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">
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The new species known only from a female clearly belongs to the genus
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<emphasis id="78CDB61244827C2CCB3BB016CFD59636" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">Pseudoalaocybites</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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based on the rostrum with long and deep lateral antennal grooves, the dorsal-ventrally flattened and broadened last fifth of the rostrum, and the eight antennomeres. Based on the free third ventrite (Fig.
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<figureCitation id="59D0F2F6F13D67E7A7B6E4855B195B53" captionStart="Figures 1–11" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figures 1 - 11. Pseudoalaocybites chimborazoi sp. nov., holotype. 1. habitus dorsal. 2. rostrum with antenna, dorsal view. 3. ditto ventral view. 4. fore margin of pronotum, head, rostrum and antennae in lateral view, arrow indicates the single yellow ocellum. 5. elytra in lateral view, arrow indicates shortened 9 th striae. 6. right fore leg, dorsal view. 7. right hind leg, ventro-lateral view. 8. underside, arrow indicates free last three ventrites (ventrites 4 and 5 digitally re-mounted, as taken away for dissection). 9. spermatheca. 10. vulva with ovipositor. 11. spiculum ventrale." figureDoi="10.3897/alpento.4.49848.figures1-11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/391682" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">8</figureCitation>
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, arrow), and the short first antennomere as well its distribution,
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<taxonomicName id="54D91E71CBFDB4B30DCC8949610DA86E" lsidName="P. chimborazoi" pageId="0" pageNumber="23" rank="species" species="chimborazoi">
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<emphasis id="4269AD24DF1122D80044D96CF6AF6AB2" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">P. chimborazoi</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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sp. nov. may furthermore belong to the subgenus
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<taxonomicName id="B04E2C4908F11E7A39C36CD792CF8C67" lsidName="(Croizatius)" pageId="0" pageNumber="23" rank="subGenus" subGenus="Croizatius">Croizatius</taxonomicName>
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, after the original description given by
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<bibRefCitation id="708B61F75F4B3F4124D9E9EE4B3DD4B2" author="Osella, G" journalOrPublisher="Fragmenta Entomologica" pageId="0" pageNumber="23" pagination="365 - 422" refId="B10" refString="Osella, G, 1980. Nuovi curculionidi ciechi della regione Neotropicale (Coleoptera). Fragmenta Entomologica 15: 365 - 422" title="Nuovi curculionidi ciechi della regione Neotropicale (Coleoptera)." volume="15" year="1980">Osella (1980)</bibRefCitation>
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, adapted by
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<bibRefCitation id="C0DFC5957E84E6A6FA61CA403D003942" DOI="https://doi.org/10.4039/entm124162fv" author="Howden, A T" journalOrPublisher="Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada" pageId="0" pageNumber="23" pagination="1 - 76" refId="B6" refString="Howden, A T, 1992. Review of the New World eyeless weevils with uncinate tibiae (Coleoptera, Curculionidae; Molytinae, Cryptorhynchinae, Cossoninae). Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada 162: 1 - 76, DOI: https://doi.org/10.4039/entm124162fv" title="Review of the New World eyeless weevils with uncinate tibiae (Coleoptera, Curculionidae; Molytinae, Cryptorhynchinae, Cossoninae)." url="https://doi.org/10.4039/entm124162fv" volume="162" year="1992">Howden (1992)</bibRefCitation>
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and
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<bibRefCitation id="B00CE2511C1FED84A2CE99D051C2F92C" DOI="https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4239.1.1" author="Morrone, JJ" journalOrPublisher="Zootaxa" pageId="0" pageNumber="23" pagination="001 - 102" refId="B9" refString="Morrone, JJ, Hlavac, P, 2017. Checklist of the micro- and anophthalmic soil-dwelling weevils of the world (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Zootaxa 4239 (1): 001 - 102, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4239.1.1" title="Checklist of the micro- and anophthalmic soil-dwelling weevils of the world (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)." url="https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4239.1.1" volume="4239" year="2017">
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Morrone and
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(2017)
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, although the respective relationships within the genus are surely far from being resolved, as already
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<bibRefCitation id="41989EFC81BE782B22F0916102D984A4" DOI="https://doi.org/10.4039/entm124162fv" author="Howden, A T" journalOrPublisher="Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada" pageId="0" pageNumber="23" pagination="1 - 76" refId="B6" refString="Howden, A T, 1992. Review of the New World eyeless weevils with uncinate tibiae (Coleoptera, Curculionidae; Molytinae, Cryptorhynchinae, Cossoninae). Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada 162: 1 - 76, DOI: https://doi.org/10.4039/entm124162fv" title="Review of the New World eyeless weevils with uncinate tibiae (Coleoptera, Curculionidae; Molytinae, Cryptorhynchinae, Cossoninae)." url="https://doi.org/10.4039/entm124162fv" volume="162" year="1992">Howden (1992)</bibRefCitation>
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highlighted, and e.g. the belonging of
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<taxonomicName id="C5939B29286841D8216D3784F3CB7FF2" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Pseudoalaocybites" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pseudoalaocybites squamirostris" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="23" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="squamirostris">
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<emphasis id="226556157B268981C0876D031B87385B" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">Pseudoalaocybites squamirostris</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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Osella, 1987 to
|
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<taxonomicName id="82ED21855B1D76974368FC90FBA3D2E4" authorityName="Osella" authorityYear="1980" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Pseudoalaocybites" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pseudoalaocybites" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="23" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="0ADF38BB5F6FB58670E32608CFE8F02E" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">Pseudoalaocybites</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
s.str., or of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="08B53D7BCE76EDC241318F91C50795D7" authorityName="Osella" authorityYear="1989" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Pseudoalaocybites" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pseudoalaocybites aelleni" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="23" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="aelleni">
|
||
<emphasis id="7A457C70CCEFCAB775EA908D9D2C2C62" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">Pseudoalaocybites aelleni</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
Osella, 1989 from the Antilles to
|
||
<taxonomicName id="5F147405AE3876DC0A136E488A8E95B7" authorityName="Osella" authorityYear="1980" genus="Croizatius" lsidName="Croizatius" pageId="0" pageNumber="23" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="65B7F7972F3961CAE1C4CAFB024F40CA" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">Croizatius</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is supported by weak morphological evidence. However, a revision of the relationships at subgenus- and genus-level is beyond the scope of the present contribution. Based on the rather big size of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="58217A6E565849C32F831FBCC5C93E6B" lsidName="P. chimborazoi" pageId="0" pageNumber="23" rank="species" species="chimborazoi">
|
||
<emphasis id="2198C047F4A17456A6DD59A115129622" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">P. chimborazoi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
sp. nov. only
|
||
<taxonomicName id="857D116B0466ADF8D1676F59EBE8522D" lsidName="P. squamirostris" pageId="0" pageNumber="23" rank="species" species="squamirostris">
|
||
<emphasis id="A6AB817C35D3D001EB40E9057B0E533C" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">P. squamirostris</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
from Venezuela (length 3.57 mm) and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="CB02C4C949A245D51D0E68F1D66DBA24" lsidName="P. negreai" pageId="0" pageNumber="23" rank="species" species="negreai">
|
||
<emphasis id="392863081B899B2133E1345C325ED2A8" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">P. negreai</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
Osella, 1977 from Cuba (length 3 mm) are other comparatively big sized species, whereas the remaining described ones measure less than 2.9 mm. In comparison with the geographically closest
|
||
<taxonomicName id="39CE5EED0824870F96BB14BC09E8A8E3" lsidName="P. latithorax" pageId="0" pageNumber="23" rank="species" species="latithorax">
|
||
<emphasis id="4A90787FF1F7C0C5A844980B63E74E4E" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">P. latithorax</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
Osella, 1980,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="3E900BC6DC9DD8D2A9A2C788A80F39D0" lsidName="P. chimborazoi" pageId="0" pageNumber="23" rank="species" species="chimborazoi">
|
||
<emphasis id="644D6BCFA93FE1918B943F5A8B282339" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">P. chimborazoi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
can easily be distinguished by i) bigger size, ii) pronotum narrower than elytra, iii) rostrum punctate without striae, iv) cup-shaped first club segment, and v) bottle shaped spermatheca.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
</treatment>
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</document> |