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<figureCitation id="0169FB2BFDBDBD53DBE08C8EAE312ABE" captionStart="Figure 15" captionStartId="F15" captionText="Figure 15. Aedeagi of Aphanerostethus species A, B A. bifidus sp. nov. (JHLHY _ DAR _ 102) C, D A. distinctus (Morimoto &amp; Miyakawa, 1985) (OKENT 87658) E, F A. falcatus sp. nov. (JHLHY _ DAR _ 099) G, H A. incurvatus sp. nov. (JHLHY _ DAR _ 100) I, J A. japonicus sp. nov. (JHLHY _ DAR _ 052) K, L A. magnus sp. nov. (JHLHY _ DAR _ 022) M, N A. morimotoi sp. nov. (JHLHY _ DAR _ 113) O, P A. nudus sp. nov. (JHLHY _ DAR _ 012) Q, R A. spinosus sp. nov. (JHLHY _ DAR _ 077) S, T A. taiwanus sp. nov. (JHLHY _ DAR _ 016) U, V A. vannideki Voss, 1957 (JHLHY _ DAR _ 082)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1217.126626.figure15" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1163079">15 S, T</figureCitation>
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,
<collectorName id="F737252CD9CCE36396EE0D57BFF61384">H. Yoshitake</collectorName>
, (1,
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(EGP 0160 E 02)
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; •
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<collectingRegion id="1AD08EA842938A3C10A4716EFC6D7C56">Pingtung Hsein</collectingRegion>
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,
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<collectingDate id="5ADD9E0EE81F8BAB24B6BD87B7A50107" value="1965-04-04">4. IV. 1965</collectingDate>
</date>
,
<collectorName id="D1A4E86C13C144E0CC9C8071380A7475">T. Saigusa</collectorName>
(2,
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<collectionCode id="13AE0CE84A8B169C9034463B80461A7C">KUM</collectionCode>
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; 1,
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</abbrev>
),
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,
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,
<specimenCode id="DEAD63E94EB4FD3149BD1DF63EEDF066">JHLHY_DAR_070</specimenCode>
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; •
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<collectingRegion id="7D2B6E410931A99FFF72FF7FAF033700" country="Taiwan" name="Pingtung">Pingtung City</collectingRegion>
,
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,
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,
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, (1,
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<collectionCode id="69BF2765F1A97E29DBD3E095F5AFD5C7">KUM</collectionCode>
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),
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; •
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,
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,
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,
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,
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<collectingDate id="61DFB850339EC85B3E25AAA1BC1287B7" value="2016-03-05">5. III. 2016</collectingDate>
</date>
,
<collectorName id="2046247EB889823CF471680EF584E579">Y. Fujisawa</collectorName>
, (1,
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</named-content>
),
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; •
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,
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,
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</named-content>
,
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<collectingDate id="59FD5863BB035F1AD39C269BF4F54B6B" value="2016-03-09">9. III. 2016</collectingDate>
</date>
,
<collectorName id="DE058DA5E8D46137F515080C3429E27A">Y. Fujisawa</collectorName>
, (1,
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<collectionCode id="63CF123DB88E8D93D9052A3B9958033B">TUA</collectionCode>
</named-content>
),
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</materialsCitation>
; •
<materialsCitation id="259E284689C69F92162000BFE0ADE777" collectingDate="2016-03-06" collectionCode="TUA" collectorName="Y. Fujisawa &amp; S. Shimizu" country="Taiwan" latitude="22.089724" location="Mudan Township" longLatPrecision="21" longitude="120.799446" specimenCode="JHLHY_DAR_602, JHLHY_DAR_603" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Pingtung County" typeStatus="paratype">
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,
<collectingRegion id="FE3F6790F49829C92A52DC9F87CB3396" country="Taiwan" name="Pingtung">Pingtung County</collectingRegion>
,
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,
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,
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<collectingDate id="829CC3BF6DC566B8042EEC91FC289103" value="2016-03-06">6. III. 2016</collectingDate>
</date>
,
<collectorName id="442A6D78641BEC52375191F5AD8930DA">Y. Fujisawa</collectorName>
&amp;
<collectorName id="A19718CBA540A05AB27574201D761A64">S. Shimizu</collectorName>
, (2,
<named-content id="E6C61417C8798A74295492951452BF84" content-type="dwc:institutional_code" xlink_href="http://grbio.org/institution/tokyo-university-agriculture" xlink_title="Tokyo University of Agriculture">
<collectionCode id="37E4FF95E45E971FA02513B89563A6BC">TUA</collectionCode>
</named-content>
),
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,
<specimenCode id="7CE3DF18218A8ADE9F89C20DEEB58CDE">JHLHY_DAR_603</specimenCode>
</materialsCitation>
; •
<materialsCitation id="72E61A7A233FFBAA72CF08717E62CF7D" collectingDate="1982-02-22" collectingDateMax="1982-02-26" collectingDateMin="1982-02-22" collectionCode="TARI" collectorName="T. Lin &amp; S. C. Lin" country="Taiwan" location="Kenting" municipality="Hsein" specimenCode="JHLHY_DAR_083, JHLHY_DAR_090" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Pingtung Hsein" typeStatus="paratype">
<collectingRegion id="ED421FC6A8FBF2F783F8A8FA36FFE872">Pingtung Hsein</collectingRegion>
,
<location id="CEAA8D33C31728EA9C4BBC6EFBF80036" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:BFCC3373605C588FA77C0B367FE08D75:CEAA8D33C31728EA9C4BBC6EFBF80036" country="Taiwan" municipality="Hsein" name="Kenting" stateProvince="Pingtung Hsein">Kenting</location>
,
<date id="5C54382121F3085A86656215166DE253" value="1982-02-22" valueMax="1982-02-26" valueMin="1982-02-22">
<collectingDate id="6981A0FDEC6A3F299E6293F82F8AB8B9" value="1982-02-22" valueMax="1982-02-26" valueMin="1982-02-22">2226. II. 1982</collectingDate>
</date>
,
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and
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, (8,
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<collectionCode id="8B30FA847B90ED6327B1AD17E0FA5D93" country="Taiwan" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/a13e-ta1z" name="Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute" type="">TARI</collectionCode>
</named-content>
),
<specimenCode id="86FC560CBA3831854CCC4687A23D78E3">JHLHY_DAR_083</specimenCode>
<specimenCode id="3CB41EC79FA7D16B9B43BEA41219DBE5">JHLHY_DAR_090</specimenCode>
</materialsCitation>
.
</paragraph>
<caption id="A3BBE08D43635781FF9A987C97741794" ID-DOI="10.3897/zookeys.1217.126626.figure21" ID-arpha="A2AA990D-B006-51B9-87B2-1CA7AA0C54E0" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1163085" startId="F21">
<paragraph id="6C96427AB5B8F407EDED1B3DA454004D">
<label id="F81D60B733A38EB63AA731E24EAC5F85">Figure 21.</label>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="90235DA51865160AED35A23E5D9A0E52">
Lateral and dorsal photographs of
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<emphasis id="CCC961234561603CE64F7831ACF3AB76" italics="true">Aphanerostethus</emphasis>
species
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="3C7BE16E8EC7D4ED1F13F23A04822E4D" bold="true">A, B</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="D2BACF4D8CA62E536D016025BB4CC6DE" authorityName="Kojima, Lewis &amp; Fujisawa" authorityYear="2024" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Aphanerostethus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="taiwanus" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="D9CEDD01BEFFEA44B864BB6C2BBE66AF" italics="true">Aphanerostethus taiwanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="1C54E241C1AE55E7ECEC00F057921C69" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
(
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)
<emphasis id="E816693655119598440ECB557C94B104" bold="true">C, D</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="6F3B404010B6C443F68C67779861754E" authority="Voss, 1957" authorityName="Voss" authorityYear="1957" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Aphanerostethus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="vannideki">
<emphasis id="934F16B03BA4EA3F01C5FF154AC8B430" italics="true">Aphanerostethus vannideki</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="FCAA8FFB5BD216B76553BD52CA161087" author="Voss E" issue="1" journalOrPublisher="Treubia" pagination="7-63" refId="B63" refString="Voss E (1957) Neue und bekannte, vorwiegend indonesische Curculioniden (Coleoptera). Treubia 24 (1): 7 - 63." title="Neue und bekannte, vorwiegend indonesische Curculioniden (Coleoptera)." volume="24" year="1957">Voss, 1957</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
(
<specimenCode id="6DB061341A9EBB7E998F2CDFF4842726">JHLHY_DAR_081</specimenCode>
).
<emphasis id="13DCE8EA446D4F778DDBA3D2818E97BC" italics="true">Scale</emphasis>
bars: 0.5 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0EI1AK" type="diagnosis">
<paragraph id="71169150998772AD29F7084E57A7AB9F">
<heading id="D5E88D083733D6E468965DF18FA96E9A" reason="title">Diagnosis.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="410776BE859B58CAB232A33880300F98">
Body length
<quantity id="770FC5E497B3202473153D0719B70061" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.7999999999999998" metricValueMax="1.9" metricValueMin="1.7" unit="mm" value="1.7999999999999998" valueMax="1.9" valueMin="1.7">1.71.9 mm</quantity>
.
<tp_taxon-name id="772E0E49A413CE2D714A6A1F0C8EFFD1">
<emphasis id="BF3FF6AA85C7DA9C9BA9502069A10069" italics="true">
<tp_taxon-name-part id="EF5BA9BD20FB2372E09900C72CAB3595" reg="Cuticle" taxon-name-part-type="genus">Cuticle</tp_taxon-name-part>
</emphasis>
</tp_taxon-name>
coated in dark, sandy gray, and white scales in contrasty
<tp_taxon-name id="D6BACBB10520468652F4B788218E3B5A">
<emphasis id="5789EAFB59AE7E11B9601D955505C7EE" italics="true">
<tp_taxon-name-part id="4CA747D757B072E6336EAED0684C6E71" reg="pattern" taxon-name-part-type="species">pattern</tp_taxon-name-part>
</emphasis>
</tp_taxon-name>
. Funicle with six articles. Procoxae contiguous. Second and odd-numbered elytral intervals with sub-erect scales. Erect elytral scales evenly distributed, not concentrated in bundle. Femora without ventral teeth. Scutellum reduced. Prosternal cavity prominent and with steep lateral ridges. Metaventrite with a distinct elevated transverse ridge separating the meta- and mesocoxae. Metatibial uncus simple in both sexes. Aedeagus evenly curved at apex, and in lateral view (Fig.
<figureCitation id="F6BB9A75883FD53C38EA4A8A85E1471D" captionStart="Figure 15" captionStartId="F15" captionText="Figure 15. Aedeagi of Aphanerostethus species A, B A. bifidus sp. nov. (JHLHY _ DAR _ 102) C, D A. distinctus (Morimoto &amp; Miyakawa, 1985) (OKENT 87658) E, F A. falcatus sp. nov. (JHLHY _ DAR _ 099) G, H A. incurvatus sp. nov. (JHLHY _ DAR _ 100) I, J A. japonicus sp. nov. (JHLHY _ DAR _ 052) K, L A. magnus sp. nov. (JHLHY _ DAR _ 022) M, N A. morimotoi sp. nov. (JHLHY _ DAR _ 113) O, P A. nudus sp. nov. (JHLHY _ DAR _ 012) Q, R A. spinosus sp. nov. (JHLHY _ DAR _ 077) S, T A. taiwanus sp. nov. (JHLHY _ DAR _ 016) U, V A. vannideki Voss, 1957 (JHLHY _ DAR _ 082)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1217.126626.figure15" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1163079">15 S, T</figureCitation>
). Internal sac without prominent basal protruding structure (Fig.
<figureCitation id="E2C130D0438A3D12B8769CF2D9E4E6C5" captionStart="Figure 15" captionStartId="F15" captionText="Figure 15. Aedeagi of Aphanerostethus species A, B A. bifidus sp. nov. (JHLHY _ DAR _ 102) C, D A. distinctus (Morimoto &amp; Miyakawa, 1985) (OKENT 87658) E, F A. falcatus sp. nov. (JHLHY _ DAR _ 099) G, H A. incurvatus sp. nov. (JHLHY _ DAR _ 100) I, J A. japonicus sp. nov. (JHLHY _ DAR _ 052) K, L A. magnus sp. nov. (JHLHY _ DAR _ 022) M, N A. morimotoi sp. nov. (JHLHY _ DAR _ 113) O, P A. nudus sp. nov. (JHLHY _ DAR _ 012) Q, R A. spinosus sp. nov. (JHLHY _ DAR _ 077) S, T A. taiwanus sp. nov. (JHLHY _ DAR _ 016) U, V A. vannideki Voss, 1957 (JHLHY _ DAR _ 082)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1217.126626.figure15" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1163079">15 S, T</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0EF2AK" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="FFFED9E76FB840583A2B0353F1E947AC">
<heading id="843C27C01C87F67FF0B9ABA3815939EF" reason="title">Distribution.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="210C8C7DF05EA2D8FE9356CF5585DD8E">
This species is known from a few sites in
<collectingCountry id="3F4971D9D1A62721C29672D2C435E6AA" name="Taiwan">Taiwan</collectingCountry>
(Kuanzruling, Kenting, Zhong-Xing-Long Li).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0EK2AK" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="934E5B675685916E65588DAD13DA2B78">
<heading id="6C27FF9E2B6318475C2E0E642ED7C343" reason="title">Etymology.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="A858E40E0EDA2504507BDCA7D9C92A23">The specific name is an adjective in reference to the collection locality of the species.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0EP2AK" type="comments">
<paragraph id="A5EFDD638DEACDF7F46419E4FA217DBF">
<heading id="67C0C80C3AC0A626675FCCABAF8A679A" reason="title">Comments.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="49F55179150092FF0BAB29A2C415EF5C">
Our
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EV2AK" xlink_title="maximum likelihood">ML</abbrev>
analysis (Fig.
<figureCitation id="77C4A0EE022BEFA22005A1227A13F8AE" captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Maximum likelihood tree of Aphanerostethus species based on an 872 base-pair long concatenated DNA matrix (CO 1, Cytb, 16 S) with gene-wise partition modelling (CO 1 / Cytb: GTR + F + I + G 4; 16 S: GTR + F + G 4) constructed in IQ-TREE v. 1.6. 12. Branch support values represent standard nonparametric bootstraps (1000 replicates) and posterior probabilities. The symbol “ ” indicates a posterior probability less than 50 (i. e., collapsed nodes in the Bayesian Inference tree). EGP codes represent DNA extraction codes and serve also as unique specimen identifiers. Associated Aphanerostethus weevil figures on the right of the tree are not to scale. Note that, except for A. distinctus and A. taiwanus (see Comments under the A. taiwanus species profile), the monophyly of all Aphanerostethus species is strongly supported (BS: 100, PP: 1)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1217.126626.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1163067">3</figureCitation>
) consistently clustered
<taxonomicName id="250CDA2C8B7D9E00384A0062031F540E" authorityName="Kojima, Lewis &amp; Fujisawa" authorityYear="2024" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Aphanerostethus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="taiwanus">
<emphasis id="EB13E6BE052BFF935D39410343C4A320" italics="true">A. taiwanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
with
<taxonomicName id="06AD8BF62E2A5E9671A9FE7190E66CBA" authorityName="Lewis &amp; Kojima &amp; Suenaga &amp; Petsopoulos &amp; Fujisawa &amp; Truong &amp; Warren" authorityYear="2024" baseAuthorityName="Morimotoi &amp; Miyakawa" baseAuthorityYear="1985" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Aphanerostethus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="distinctus">
<emphasis id="63B293338DA0919E62E5B4F32E8872F6" italics="true">A. distinctus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(BS: 100); however, the presumed basal position of
<taxonomicName id="6395B536B84144B18FDA3382C05BD862" authorityName="Kojima, Lewis &amp; Fujisawa" authorityYear="2024" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Aphanerostethus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="taiwanus">
<emphasis id="2AD4A576C15E24775B5BFA9559ED9C8E" italics="true">A. taiwanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(i. e., sister to
<taxonomicName id="44544F7BD6072319989174E7523D476E" authorityName="Lewis &amp; Kojima &amp; Suenaga &amp; Petsopoulos &amp; Fujisawa &amp; Truong &amp; Warren" authorityYear="2024" baseAuthorityName="Morimotoi &amp; Miyakawa" baseAuthorityYear="1985" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Aphanerostethus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="distinctus">
<emphasis id="E30CED97A27E4FE0DA2D604DA6AC0004" italics="true">A. distinctus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) was only weakly supported (BS: 55,
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EJ4AK" xlink_title="posterior probability">PP</abbrev>
: 0.84). Here, we separate
<taxonomicName id="FEDB25DD954463CE22E8E7B3FCFE3407" authorityName="Kojima, Lewis &amp; Fujisawa" authorityYear="2024" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Aphanerostethus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="taiwanus">
<emphasis id="512A7CC7C6892DFB3D5C455400F367FA" italics="true">A. taiwanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from
<taxonomicName id="92D8A7184D499725F773CC90C372FA5D" authorityName="Lewis &amp; Kojima &amp; Suenaga &amp; Petsopoulos &amp; Fujisawa &amp; Truong &amp; Warren" authorityYear="2024" baseAuthorityName="Morimotoi &amp; Miyakawa" baseAuthorityYear="1985" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Aphanerostethus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="distinctus">
<emphasis id="A35B7B38FAB3CE6777EB459B726415B8" italics="true">A. distinctus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
based not on this weak molecular evidence, but primarily on consistent differences in morphology and biogeography. In particular,
<taxonomicName id="84580A39842AAB98B4CD1E64FF6A99D2" authorityName="Kojima, Lewis &amp; Fujisawa" authorityYear="2024" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Aphanerostethus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="taiwanus">
<emphasis id="1AA13DC598A98F28BF610BC385345DD1" italics="true">A. taiwanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
possesses an oblique row of erect scales on the pronotum (
<taxonomicName id="3738E18605EFC8EA1F3F7FF55F2FC32C" authorityName="Lewis &amp; Kojima &amp; Suenaga &amp; Petsopoulos &amp; Fujisawa &amp; Truong &amp; Warren" authorityYear="2024" baseAuthorityName="Morimotoi &amp; Miyakawa" baseAuthorityYear="1985" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Aphanerostethus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="distinctus">
<emphasis id="8395A128854232B2D632554325390856" italics="true">A. distinctus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
with at most 4 or 5 recumbent scales), sub-erect scales on the odd and second elytral intervals (
<taxonomicName id="241874433E2D842BDF5FC2564A1230A3" authorityName="Lewis &amp; Kojima &amp; Suenaga &amp; Petsopoulos &amp; Fujisawa &amp; Truong &amp; Warren" authorityYear="2024" baseAuthorityName="Morimotoi &amp; Miyakawa" baseAuthorityYear="1985" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Aphanerostethus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="distinctus">
<emphasis id="6D577C23AC86F1437491945A015158B1" italics="true">A. distinctus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
with recumbent scales only on odd elytral intervals), differences in male genitalia, and apparently non-overlapping geographic range (
<taxonomicName id="027DCB6EC48E0AA9A5966BFE543BDC20" authorityName="Kojima, Lewis &amp; Fujisawa" authorityYear="2024" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Aphanerostethus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="taiwanus">
<emphasis id="3D3F103BAA8A761A94BC92558CAA092D" italics="true">A. taiwanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
only known from
<collectingCountry id="181845A11E471D6DEC1B57AFEA9CF2C7" name="Taiwan">Taiwan</collectingCountry>
;
<taxonomicName id="ED30FCE4FEFB18459574843CBD1D1DF0" authorityName="Lewis &amp; Kojima &amp; Suenaga &amp; Petsopoulos &amp; Fujisawa &amp; Truong &amp; Warren" authorityYear="2024" baseAuthorityName="Morimotoi &amp; Miyakawa" baseAuthorityYear="1985" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Aphanerostethus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="distinctus">
<emphasis id="E09752F6136AEADC3FAA28EFC6A1ED17" italics="true">A. distinctus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
only known from
<collectingCountry id="C35A904BC44D78651E32FE55300FE281" name="Japan">Japan</collectingCountry>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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