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<paragraph id="39417E7CFFFAFF8414B642E6FD8CF8E1" blockId="13.[151,524,1791,1852]" box="[151,524,1791,1817]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">
<heading id="6209C910FFFAFF8414B642E6FD8CF8E1" bold="true" box="[151,524,1791,1817]" fontSize="11" level="1" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" reason="1">
<taxonomicName id="FEFE05FFFFFAFF8414B642E6FD8CF8E1" ID-CoL="6HG43" authority="(Suffrian)" baseAuthorityName="Suffrian" box="[151,524,1791,1817]" class="Insecta" family="Attelabidae" genus="Euscelus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pulchellus">
<emphasis id="0B8AA26EFFFAFF8414B642E6FD8CF8E1" bold="true" box="[151,524,1791,1817]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">
<emphasis id="0B8AA26EFFFAFF8414B642E6FE08F8E1" bold="true" box="[151,392,1791,1817]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Euscelus pulchellus</emphasis>
(Suffrian)
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<paragraph id="39417E7CFFFAFF8414B6433BFEB4F8C4" blockId="13.[151,524,1791,1852]" box="[151,308,1826,1852]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">(Figs. 4144)</paragraph>
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<taxonomicName id="FEFE05FFFFFAFF8414B6436BFD94F871" authority="Suffrian, 1870" authorityName="Suffrian" authorityYear="1870" box="[151,532,1906,1929]" class="Insecta" family="Attelabidae" genus="Attelabus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pulchellus">
<emphasis id="0B8AA26EFFFAFF8414B6436BFEF0F871" box="[151,368,1906,1929]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Attelabus pulchellus</emphasis>
Suffrian, 1870
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.
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<paragraph id="39417E7CFFFAFF8414B643A4FE0DF82F" blockId="13.[151,397,1981,2007]" box="[151,397,1981,2007]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">
<materialsCitation id="89967421FFFAFF8414B643A4FE0AF82F" box="[151,394,1981,2007]" country="Cuba" location="Cuba" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" specimenCount="1" typeStatus="holotype">
<emphasis id="0B8AA26EFFFAFF8414B643A4FEC0F82F" bold="true" box="[151,320,1981,2007]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">
<typeStatus id="E645C0DEFFFAFF8414B643A4FF54F82F" box="[151,212,1981,2007]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Type</typeStatus>
locality:
</emphasis>
<collectingCountry id="41E93EECFFFAFF84156943A4FE0AF82F" box="[328,394,1981,2007]" name="Cuba" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Cuba</collectingCountry>
</materialsCitation>
.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="0B8AA26EFFF9FF8714E7448EFECBFF49" bold="true" box="[198,331,151,177]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Type data:</emphasis>
<typeStatus id="E645C0DEFFF9FF8715734481FE53FF4A" box="[338,467,152,178]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" type="lectotype">Lectotypes</typeStatus>
are here designated.
<materialsCitation id="89967421FFF9FF8716E9448EFEE9FF22" country="Cuba" location="Cuba" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" specimenCount="1" typeStatus="lectotype">
<emphasis id="0B8AA26EFFF9FF8716E9448EFC06FF49" bold="true" box="[712,902,151,177]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">
<typeStatus id="E645C0DEFFF9FF8716E9448EFCC3FF49" box="[712,835,151,177]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" type="lectotype">Lectotype</typeStatus>
male
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, 25051,
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<emphasis id="0B8AA26EFFF9FF8717CD4481FBE4FF49" box="[1004,1124,152,177]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">pulchellus</emphasis>
Suff.
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,
<collectingCountry id="41E93EECFFF9FF8710934481FB70FF4A" box="[1202,1264,152,178]" name="Cuba" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Cuba</collectingCountry>
[Large rectangular green label]
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;
<emphasis id="0B8AA26EFFF9FF87155744A6FDF5FF21" bold="true" box="[374,629,191,217]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">
<typeStatus id="E645C0DEFFF9FF87155744A6FD9AFF21" box="[374,538,191,217]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" type="allolectotype">Allolectotype</typeStatus>
female
</emphasis>
, [same as male
<typeStatus id="E645C0DEFFF9FF87171044D9FC1CFF22" box="[817,924,192,218]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" type="lectotype">lectotype</typeStatus>
except 25052]. Both types are in poor condition but are identifiable. The female
<typeStatus id="E645C0DEFFF9FF87164E44F1FC86FEFA" box="[623,774,232,258]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" type="allolectotype">allolectotype</typeStatus>
has the distinct whitish elytral marks that identify the species but the marks in the male
<typeStatus id="E645C0DEFFF9FF8716024509FD0EFED2" box="[547,654,272,298]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" type="lectotype">lectotype</typeStatus>
are not well defined.
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<materialsCitation id="89967421FFF9FF8714E7452EFB2DFEAA" box="[198,1197,311,338]" collectionCode="MLUH" country="Germany" county="Halle" location="Institut Zoologie" municipality="Martin Luther Universitat" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" specimenCount="1" typeStatus="holotype">
<emphasis id="0B8AA26EFFF9FF8714E7452EFEE6FEA9" bold="true" box="[198,358,311,337]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">
<typeStatus id="E645C0DEFFF9FF8714E7452EFE85FEA9" box="[198,261,311,337]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Type</typeStatus>
holder:
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,
<collectingMunicipality id="D925E406FFF9FF8716614521FCF2FEAA" box="[576,882,312,338]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Martin Luther Universitat</collectingMunicipality>
,
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,
<collectingCountry id="41E93EECFFF9FF8717EA4521FBB8FEAA" box="[971,1080,312,338]" name="Germany" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Germany</collectingCountry>
(
<collectionCode id="5FEFE6B9FFF9FF8710694521FB25FEAA" box="[1096,1189,312,338]" country="Germany" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/pvva-bewi" name="Martin Luther Universitaet" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">MLUH</collectionCode>
)
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.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="0B8AA26EFFF9FF8714E74546FE08FE81" bold="true" box="[198,392,351,377]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Specimen data:</emphasis>
<specimenCount id="2FF8B5F5FFF9FF8715B04579FE7BFE82" box="[401,507,352,378]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" type="female">1 female</specimenCount>
,
<collectingRegion id="FB3AB09EFFF9FF8716294579FD21FE82" box="[520,673,352,378]" country="Cuba" name="Guantanamo" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Guantanamo</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingCountry id="41E93EECFFF9FF87168C4579FD6EFE82" box="[685,750,352,378]" name="Cuba" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Cuba</collectingCountry>
,
<date id="4D4058BCFFF9FF8716DA4579FC1CFE82" box="[763,924,352,378]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" value="1910-07-26">July 26, 1910</date>
(
<collectionCode id="5FEFE6B9FFF9FF87178C4579FB8DFE82" box="[941,1037,352,378]" country="USA" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34925" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34925" name="American Museum of Natural History" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">AMNH</collectionCode>
).
<specimenCount id="2FF8B5F5FFF9FF8710034579FB0CFE82" box="[1058,1164,352,378]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" type="female">1 female</specimenCount>
,
<collectingCountry id="41E93EECFFF9FF8710B94579FB59FE82" box="[1176,1241,352,378]" name="Cuba" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Cuba</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="41E93EECFFF9FF8710C74579FACDFE82" box="[1254,1357,352,378]" name="Trinidad and Tobago" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Trinidad</collectingCountry>
, 1929, det. GAK Marshall (
<collectionCode id="5FEFE6B9FFF9FF8715A64591FE65FE5A" box="[391,485,392,418]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">BMNH</collectionCode>
).
<specimenCount id="2FF8B5F5FFF9FF8715D84591FDCBFE5A" box="[505,587,392,418]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" type="male">1 male</specimenCount>
, 34326, Zool. Mus. Berlin,
<taxonomicName id="FEFE05FFFFF9FF8717B44591FBC9FE5A" authority="Dej." authorityName="Dej." box="[917,1097,392,418]" class="Insecta" family="Attelabidae" genus="Attelabus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pulchellus">
<emphasis id="0B8AA26EFFF9FF8717B44591FB8DFE59" box="[917,1037,392,417]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">pulchellus</emphasis>
Dej.
</taxonomicName>
,
<collectingCountry id="41E93EECFFF9FF8710744591FB16FE5A" box="[1109,1174,392,418]" name="Cuba" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Cuba</collectingCountry>
, Mull.,
<taxonomicName id="FEFE05FFFFF9FF8710D64591FE4DFE32" authority="Suffr., Det. E Voss" class="Insecta" family="Attelabidae" genus="Attelabus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pulchellus">
<emphasis id="0B8AA26EFFF9FF8710D64591FF6AFE31" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Attelabus pulchellus</emphasis>
Suffr., Det. E Voss
</taxonomicName>
;
<specimenCount id="2FF8B5F5FFF9FF8715FB45A9FDC3FE32" box="[474,579,432,458]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" type="female">1 female</specimenCount>
, Hist. Coll., 34326,
<collectingCountry id="41E93EECFFF9FF87170F45A9FCEFFE32" box="[814,879,432,458]" name="Cuba" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Cuba</collectingCountry>
. Mull., Zool Mus. Berlin (
<collectionCode id="5FEFE6B9FFF9FF87108245A9FB7EFE32" box="[1187,1278,432,458]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">ZMHB</collectionCode>
).
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="39417E7CFFF9FF8714E745CEFD18FA72" blockId="14.[151,1437,151,1738]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">
<emphasis id="0B8AA26EFFF9FF8714E745CEFE3BFE09" bold="true" box="[198,443,471,497]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Description: Color:</emphasis>
Head, pronotum, elytra, distal ½ of profemora, antennal club, abdominal ventrites and thoracic pleura reddish-brown; all other parts, including markings on the elytra, pale yellowish. Abdomen of the male
<typeStatus id="E645C0DEFFF9FF8715034631FE0DFDBA" box="[290,397,552,578]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" type="lectotype">lectotype</typeStatus>
is shrunken and pale in color (probably teneral at capture).
<emphasis id="0B8AA26EFFF9FF87106B463EFB54FDB9" bold="true" box="[1098,1236,551,577]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Size range:</emphasis>
Male (n = 2) 5.2 x 2.0 mm (ZMHB) specimen; Female (n = 4) 5.8 x
<quantity id="FE06D399FFF9FF8717294649FCE3FD92" box="[776,867,592,618]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.6" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" unit="mm" value="2.6">2.6 mm</quantity>
to 6.0 x
<quantity id="FE06D399FFF9FF8717F24649FBB2FD92" box="[979,1074,592,618]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.8" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" unit="mm" value="2.8">2.8 mm</quantity>
.
<emphasis id="0B8AA26EFFF9FF87101E4656FB01FD91" bold="true" box="[1087,1153,591,617]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Head</emphasis>
sub-rectangular, longer than wide, without punctures, finely strigate at base; frons smooth, shiny, about ½ as wide as rostral base, with small shallow median impression.
<emphasis id="0B8AA26EFFF9FF87160C4686FD1BFD41" bold="true" box="[557,667,671,697]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Rostrum</emphasis>
short, about ½ as long as head, widened from antennal insertions to apex; apex 1/3 wider than rostral base, with few very small punctures.
<emphasis id="0B8AA26EFFF9FF8717D546DEFBEDFD19" bold="true" box="[1012,1133,711,737]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Antennae</emphasis>
long, slightly longer than elytra; funicle segments elongate, narrow, clavate; scape ovo-globose; funicle segment 1 short, barrel shaped; ½ as long as scape; funicle segment 2 elongate, much longer than funicle segment 1; funicle segment 3 shorter, 1/4 shorter than segment 2; segment 4 slightly longer than 3; segment 5 long, slightly longer than segment 2; segment 6 subequal to 3; segment 7 subequal in length to segment 4 but apex slightly wider; club elongate, about as long as funicle segments 1 and 2 together; basal and middle club segments cylindrical, subequal; terminal club segment about twice as long as middle or basal segment, acuminate.
<emphasis id="0B8AA26EFFF9FF87109C47AEFABBFC29" bold="true" box="[1213,1339,951,977]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Pronotum</emphasis>
slightly wider than long, slightly narrowed from base to apex; anterior edge strongly emarginate; sides evenly arched out; punctures moderate, irregular; interspaces with weak transverse rugosity, with oblique v-shaped groove through middle; with mid-dorsal longitudinal line like groove; groove extending from anterior collar to basal carina; anterior collar, smooth, raised, wide; anterior basal carina wide, smooth; posterior basal carina very narrow, only about 1/4 as wide as anterior carina.
<emphasis id="0B8AA26EFFF9FF8716DA4066FCF8FB61" bold="true" box="[763,888,1151,1177]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Scutellum</emphasis>
sub-trapezoidal, at base 1/3 wider than long, smooth, shiny; with minute punctures; sides very weakly sinuate; posterior margin weakly truncate; posterior corners rounded.
<emphasis id="0B8AA26EFFF9FF87154540D6FE34FB11" bold="true" box="[356,436,1231,1257]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Elytra</emphasis>
longer than wide, slightly widened beyond middle; punctures coarse, irregular; strial rows weakly defined; intervals and interspaces raised, minutely granulate; with 4 raised yellowish spots on each elytron; one below humeri; one near scutellum largest, irregular; two just behind middle on intervals 2 and 4, oval; spot on interval 4 distinctly larger than spot on interval 2; humeri simple.
<emphasis id="0B8AA26EFFF9FF8710BB415EFA1CFA99" bold="true" box="[1178,1436,1351,1377]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Abdominal ventrites</emphasis>
with sparse setosity and sparse punctuation.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="39417E7CFFF9FF8714E7418EFAADF9FA" blockId="14.[151,1437,151,1738]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">
<emphasis id="0B8AA26EFFF9FF8714E7418EFDB0FA49" bold="true" box="[198,560,1431,1457]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Femoral sexual dimorphism:</emphasis>
The profemoral armature, which usually differs between the sexes in eusceline weevils, is the same in both sexes of
<taxonomicName id="FEFE05FFFFF9FF87169B41D9FCD6FA21" box="[698,854,1472,1497]" class="Insecta" family="Attelabidae" genus="Attelabus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pulchellus">
<emphasis id="0B8AA26EFFF9FF87169B41D9FCD6FA21" box="[698,854,1472,1497]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">E. pulchellus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Both male and female have a single distinctly pointed beak like disti-ventral projection on the profemur but the projection is smaller in the female.
</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="71E42DF7FFF9FF8714E74216FCBBF9D2" box="[198,827,1551,1578]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" type="distribution">
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<emphasis id="0B8AA26EFFF9FF8714E74216FEE9F9D1" bold="true" box="[198,361,1551,1577]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Distribution:</emphasis>
This species is known only from
<collectingCountry id="41E93EECFFF9FF8716D44209FCB7F9D2" box="[757,823,1552,1578]" name="Cuba" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Cuba</collectingCountry>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="71E42DF7FFF9FF8714E7422EFE6CF95A" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="39417E7CFFF9FF8714E7422EFE6CF95A" blockId="14.[151,1437,151,1738]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">
<emphasis id="0B8AA26EFFF9FF8714E7422EFED6F9A9" bold="true" box="[198,342,1591,1617]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Comments:</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="FEFE05FFFFF9FF87157F4221FDC6F9A9" box="[350,582,1592,1617]" class="Insecta" family="Attelabidae" genus="Euscelus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pulchellus">
<emphasis id="0B8AA26EFFF9FF87157F4221FDC6F9A9" box="[350,582,1592,1617]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Euscelus pulchellus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is easily recognized by the coarse punctuation and the unique yellowishwhite spots on the elytra. Both sexes have only a single disti-ventral spine on the profemora. More specimens, especially males, are needed.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="71E42DF7FFF9FF8714E742B6FD74F932" box="[198,756,1711,1738]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" type="biology_ecology">
<paragraph id="39417E7CFFF9FF8714E742B6FD74F932" blockId="14.[151,1437,151,1738]" box="[198,756,1711,1738]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">
<emphasis id="0B8AA26EFFF9FF8714E742B6FED2F931" bold="true" box="[198,338,1711,1737]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Host plant:</emphasis>
Host plant association is unknown.
</paragraph>
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</treatment>
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