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<document ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5159964" ID-GBIF-Dataset="d0309e8b-3179-4162-946c-08cef1c82013" ID-Zenodo-Dep="5159964" approvalRequired="1" approvalRequired_for_textStreams="1" checkinTime="1628020003191" checkinUser="carolina" docAuthor="Zimmerman, Elwood C." docDate="1942" docId="D6388709FFE151155E99A9B1F8FBFB14" docLanguage="en" docName="InsectsOfGuamI.172.73-146.pdf.imf" docOrigin="Insects of Guam I, Honolulu, Hawaii: Bernice P. Bishop Museum" docStyle="DocumentStyle:A6818C686426A7D59822A3BD2E5D42E5.1:InsectsOfGuam.1942.book_chapter" docStyleId="A6818C686426A7D59822A3BD2E5D42E5" docStyleName="InsectsOfGuam.1942.book_chapter" docStyleVersion="1" docTitle="Trigonops convexa Zimmerman. 1942, new species" docType="treatment" docVersion="16" lastPageNumber="92" masterDocId="2A01FF71FFF051065F5BAF5AFFFAFF96" masterDocTitle="Curculionidae of Guam" masterLastPageNumber="146" masterPageNumber="73" pageNumber="90" updateTime="1664379878909" updateUser="annettekang">
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<mods:title>Curculionidae of Guam</mods:title>
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<mods:roleTerm>Author</mods:roleTerm>
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<mods:namePart>Zimmerman, Elwood C.</mods:namePart>
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<mods:affiliation>Entomologist Bernice P. Bishop Museum</mods:affiliation>
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<mods:typeOfResource>text</mods:typeOfResource>
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<mods:dateIssued>1942</mods:dateIssued>
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<mods:dateOther type="pubDate">1942-06-01</mods:dateOther>
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<mods:publisher>Bernice P. Bishop Museum</mods:publisher>
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<mods:placeTerm>Honolulu, Hawaii</mods:placeTerm>
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<mods:titleInfo>
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<mods:title>Insects of Guam I</mods:title>
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<mods:start>73</mods:start>
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<mods:end>146</mods:end>
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<mods:classification>book chapter</mods:classification>
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<mods:identifier type="DOI">http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5159964</mods:identifier>
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<treatment ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5184779" ID-GBIF-Taxon="184097869" ID-Zenodo-Dep="5184779" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:D6388709FFE151155E99A9B1F8FBFB14" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/D6388709FFE151155E99A9B1F8FBFB14" lastPageId="19" lastPageNumber="92" pageId="17" pageNumber="90">
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<subSubSection box="[450,1484,1771,1813]" pageId="17" pageNumber="90" type="nomenclature">
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<paragraph blockId="17.[449,1847,1771,2552]" box="[450,1484,1771,1813]" pageId="17" pageNumber="90">
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<heading box="[450,1484,1771,1813]" fontSize="8" level="2" pageId="17" pageNumber="90" reason="4">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[450,876,1771,1813]" pageId="17" pageNumber="90">
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8.
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<taxonomicName authority="Zimmerman, 1942" authorityName="Zimmerman." authorityYear="1942" box="[512,869,1771,1813]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Trigonops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="17" pageNumber="90" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="convexa" status="new species">Trigonops convexa</taxonomicName>
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,
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</emphasis>
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<taxonomicNameLabel box="[895,1109,1771,1813]" pageId="17" pageNumber="90" rank="species">new species</taxonomicNameLabel>
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(pl. 1,
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<emphasis box="[1261,1295,1771,1813]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="90">I;</emphasis>
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<figureCitation box="[1315,1409,1771,1813]" captionStart="FIGURE 1.-0" captionStartId="18.[350,458,2300,2336]" captionTargetPageId="18" captionText="FIGURE 1.-0utlines of structures of Curculionidae: a, b, outlines of heads of (a) Trigonops convexa and (b) T. vulgaris, showing convexity of eyes; c, d, lateral outlines of aedeagus of (c) Microcryptorhynchus guamae and (d) M. premnae; e, f, dorsal outline of aedeagus of (e) M. premnae and (f) M. guamae; g, h, apices of mesotibiae of (g) Choerorrhi1wides flavisetosus and (h) C. marshalli." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5167921" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5167921/files/figure.png" pageId="17" pageNumber="90">fig. 1</figureCitation>
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,
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<emphasis box="[1436,1484,1771,1813]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="90">a).</emphasis>
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</heading>
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection lastPageId="18" lastPageNumber="91" pageId="17" pageNumber="90" type="description">
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<paragraph blockId="17.[449,1847,1771,2552]" pageId="17" pageNumber="90">Derm dark reddish brown to black; scaling subject to great variation, dorsmn varying from grayish white to coppery brown; pronotum usually with dark scales in front of elytral intervals 2 and 3; elytral marking variable, but usually with a patch of white squaniae at least on third interval at about middle or with a V-shaped fascia of white scales across elytra.</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="17.[449,1847,1771,2552]" lastBlockId="18.[281,1682,327,1569]" lastPageId="18" lastPageNumber="91" pageId="17" pageNumber="90">
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<emphasis box="[517,599,2021,2056]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="90">Head</emphasis>
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rather closely punctured, punctures obscured by dense scaling, setae recumbent; eyes broadly convex, not protuberant, not sharply interrupting lateral cephalic outline, as long as or slightly longer than interocular breadth.
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<emphasis box="[1309,1441,2097,2132]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="90">Rostrmn</emphasis>
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with basal part between transrostral carina and basal suture convex to very strongly convex longitudinally, not depressed below transrostral carina, with a variable, longitudinal median carina, three fourths or more than three fourths as long as interocular breadth; declivitous apical part finely to moderately coarsely punctured in middle, more coarsely and densely toward sides and base, squamose and with erect or suberect setae at base.
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<emphasis box="[1415,1557,2288,2322]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="90">Ante111zae</emphasis>
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with scape longer than seven funicular segments, setae so curved that their apices touch or almost touch derm; funicle with lengths of segments as follows: (1, 1.3) (2, 1.2) (3 and 4, 0.9) (S, 6, and
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<emphasis box="[618,639,2402,2437]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="90">7,</emphasis>
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0.8); club about as long as three preceding funicular segments, its first segment about three eighths longer than second.
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<emphasis box="[1171,1331,2440,2475]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="90">Prothora.x</emphasis>
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about as long as broad, broadest at or slightly behind middle; discal puncturation variable, the punctures comparatively fine to rather coarse, setae decumbent, arising from outer sides of punctures and extending across them toward median line; interstices often with low granules.
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<emphasis box="[1409,1508,327,363]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="91">Elytra</emphasis>
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more than three fourths as broad as long, twice as long as prothorax, broadly convex on sides from base to beyond middle thence sharply narrowed to apex; striae well defined, but not deeply impressed between punctures, not concealed by scaling, usually with polished granules bearing quite conspicuous setae at bases of punctures toward base; intervals flat or hardly convex on disk, the sixth usually distinctly more elevated and carinate behind, especially in males; scales angular, their surfaces minutely reticulate, closely appressed; setae rather short, slightly slanting or decumbent on disk.
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<emphasis box="[1009,1083,596,630]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="91">Legs</emphasis>
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with hind femora reaching to slightly beyond apex of fourth ventrite in female, to about apex of fifth in male, setae decumbent, not slanting distinctly away from derm; hind tibiae bristling with slanting setae, straight on outer margin. Sternum with prosternum one half as long between a coxal cavity and fore margin as between cavity and hind margin, intercoxal process about one fourth as broad as a coxa; mesosternum with side pieces densely squamose, intercoxal process coarsely punctate; metasternum between mid and hind coxae about two thirds as long as breadth of a mesocoxa, coarsely punctate in middle and there with long, slanting setae and scattered scales.
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<emphasis box="[553,655,901,935]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="91">Venter</emphasis>
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with first ventrite almost free from scales in middle, slightly flattened or tumid in female, distinctly flattened in male, coarsely punctate, setose as the metasternum; second ventrite denuded at middle near base, otherwise densely squamose; third and fourth ventrites punctate and setose from side to side; fifth ventrite densely punctate and setose and with few or no scales. Length,
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.; breadth,
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<subSubSection lastPageId="19" lastPageNumber="92" pageId="18" pageNumber="91" type="materials_examined">
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<paragraph blockId="18.[281,1682,327,1569]" lastBlockId="19.[462,1859,388,1154]" lastPageId="19" lastPageNumber="92" pageId="18" pageNumber="91">
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<materialsCitation ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3333874383" box="[346,1350,1115,1158]" collectingDate="1936-05-05" location="Usinger" municipality="Upi Trail" pageId="18" pageNumber="91" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-male="1" typeStatus="holotype">
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<typeStatus box="[346,509,1115,1158]" pageId="18" pageNumber="91">Holotype</typeStatus>
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<specimenCount box="[540,625,1115,1158]" pageId="18" pageNumber="91" type="male">male</specimenCount>
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<collectingMunicipality box="[663,854,1115,1158]" pageId="18" pageNumber="91">Upi Trail</collectingMunicipality>
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<date box="[894,1153,1115,1158]" pageId="18" pageNumber="91" value="1936-05-05">
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<collectingDate box="[894,1153,1115,1158]" pageId="18" pageNumber="91" value="1936-05-05">May 5, 1936</collectingDate>
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</date>
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<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:D6388709FFE151155E99A9B1F8FBFB14:5B4E60C4FFE251145BF3AB01FAC5FB10" box="[1192,1343,1115,1158]" municipality="Upi Trail" name="Usinger" pageId="18" pageNumber="91">Usinger</location>
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<materialsCitation ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3336504302" pageId="18" pageNumber="91">
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<typeStatus box="[1383,1519,1115,1158]" pageId="18" pageNumber="91">allotype</typeStatus>
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female, Machanao, June 30, Swezey;
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</materialsCitation>
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<materialsCitation ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3336504302" pageId="18" pageNumber="91">
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<specimenCount box="[818,1103,1168,1208]" pageId="18" pageNumber="91" type="generic">seven specimens</specimenCount>
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taken at same time and place as
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<typeStatus box="[282,431,1219,1260]" pageId="18" pageNumber="91">holotype</typeStatus>
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by Swezey, five by miscellaneous sweeping and two from ferns;
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</materialsCitation>
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<materialsCitation ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3336504302" pageId="18" pageNumber="91">
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<specimenCount pageId="18" pageNumber="91" type="generic">19 specimens</specimenCount>
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with same data as
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<typeStatus box="[794,934,1270,1312]" pageId="18" pageNumber="91">allotype</typeStatus>
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, but two from
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<emphasis box="[1199,1313,1270,1312]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="91">
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Roding" authorityYear="1798" box="[1199,1306,1270,1312]" class="Gastropoda" family="Ficidae" genus="Ficus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Littorinimorpha" pageId="18" pageNumber="91" phylum="Mollusca" rank="genus">Ficus</taxonomicName>
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<materialsCitation ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3336504302" pageId="18" pageNumber="91">
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<specimenCount box="[1326,1578,1270,1312]" pageId="18" pageNumber="91" type="generic">two specimens</specimenCount>
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from same locality, June 5, Usinger;
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</materialsCitation>
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<materialsCitation ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3336504302" pageId="18" pageNumber="91">
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two, same locality, one
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<emphasis box="[1228,1679,1321,1363]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="91">
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from
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<taxonomicName box="[1318,1673,1321,1363]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Iponioea" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="18" pageNumber="91" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pes-caprae">Iponioea pes-caprae</taxonomicName>
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</emphasis>
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June 4,
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</materialsCitation>
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<materialsCitation ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3336504302" box="[424,974,1373,1415]" pageId="18" pageNumber="91">and the other Aug. 6, Usinger;</materialsCitation>
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<materialsCitation ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3336504302" box="[989,1677,1373,1415]" pageId="18" pageNumber="91">three, Ritidian Point, June 2, Usinger;</materialsCitation>
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<materialsCitation ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3336504302" box="[283,832,1424,1466]" pageId="18" pageNumber="91">five, Yigo, Nov. 13, Swezey;</materialsCitation>
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<materialsCitation ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3336504302" box="[857,1430,1424,1466]" pageId="18" pageNumber="91">one, Dededo, Nov. 8, Swezey;</materialsCitation>
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<materialsCitation ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3336504302" pageId="18" pageNumber="91">three, Orote Peninsula, May 9, Bryan;</materialsCitation>
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<materialsCitation ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3336504302" pageId="18" pageNumber="91">
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two, Orote Peninsula, one Sept. 1, from
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<emphasis box="[1528,1677,1475,1517]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="91">
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Linnaeus" authorityYear="1771" box="[1528,1670,1475,1517]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Lamiaceae" genus="Premna" kingdom="Plantae" order="Lamiales" pageId="18" pageNumber="91" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">Premna</taxonomicName>
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</emphasis>
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the other, Sept.
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<emphasis box="[577,628,1526,1569]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="91">27,</emphasis>
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from
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<taxonomicName authority=", Swezey" authorityName="Swezey" box="[752,1000,1526,1569]" class="Branchiopoda" family="Malvaceae" genus="Sida" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diplostraca" pageId="18" pageNumber="91" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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Swezey
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</taxonomicName>
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</materialsCitation>
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<materialsCitation ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3336504302" box="[1026,1585,1526,1569]" pageId="18" pageNumber="91">one, Upi Trail, May 5, Bryan;</materialsCitation>
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<materialsCitation ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3336504302" lastPageId="19" lastPageNumber="92" pageId="18" pageNumber="91">two, Sumay, in cultivated hedge of hibiscus, Oct. 31, Swezey;</materialsCitation>
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<materialsCitation ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3336504302" pageId="19" pageNumber="92">
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one, Fullaway labeled "
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<collectingCountry box="[475,723,441,483]" name="Guam Island" pageId="19" pageNumber="92">Guam Island</collectingCountry>
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."
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</materialsCitation>
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<caption ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5167921" ID-Zenodo-Dep="5167921" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5167921/files/figure.png" pageId="18" pageNumber="91" startId="18.[350,458,2300,2336]" targetBox="[618,1348,1605,2283]" targetPageId="18">
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<paragraph pageId="18" pageNumber="91">
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FIGURE 1.-0utlines of structures of
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<taxonomicName box="[982,1212,2300,2336]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="18" pageNumber="91" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="family">Curculionidae</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[1241,1314,2300,2336]" pageId="18" pageNumber="91">a, b,</emphasis>
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outlines of heads of
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<emphasis box="[287,646,2338,2377]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="91">
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(a)
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Zimmerman." authorityYear="1942" box="[354,646,2338,2377]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Trigonops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="18" pageNumber="91" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="convexa">Trigonops convexa</taxonomicName>
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</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis box="[732,979,2338,2377]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="91">
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(b)
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Zimmerman." authorityYear="1942" box="[801,973,2338,2377]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Trigonops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="18" pageNumber="91" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="vulgaris">T. vulgaris</taxonomicName>
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,
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</emphasis>
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showing convexity of eyes;
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[1430,1493,2338,2377]" pageId="18" pageNumber="91">c, d,</emphasis>
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lateral outlines of aedeagus of
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<emphasis box="[610,1131,2378,2415]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="91">
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(c)
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Zimmerman" authorityYear="1942" box="[675,1131,2378,2415]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Microcryptorhynchus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="18" pageNumber="91" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="guamae">Microcryptorhynchus guamae</taxonomicName>
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</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis box="[1221,1489,2378,2415]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="91">
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(d)
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Zimmerman." authorityYear="1942" box="[1289,1483,2378,2415]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Microcryptorhynchus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="18" pageNumber="91" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="premnae">M. premnae</taxonomicName>
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;
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</emphasis>
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e, f, dorsal outline of aedeagus of
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<emphasis box="[643,892,2417,2453]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="91">
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(e)
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Zimmerman." authorityYear="1942" box="[707,892,2417,2453]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Microcryptorhynchus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="18" pageNumber="91" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="premnae">M. premnae</taxonomicName>
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</emphasis>
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and (f)
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<emphasis box="[1041,1228,2417,2453]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="91">
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Zimmerman" authorityYear="1942" box="[1041,1222,2417,2453]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Microcryptorhynchus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="18" pageNumber="91" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="guamae">M. guamae</taxonomicName>
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;
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</emphasis>
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g, h, apices of mesotibiae of
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<emphasis box="[287,810,2455,2491]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="91">
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(g) Choerorrhi1wides
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Zimmerman." authorityYear="1942" box="[635,810,2455,2491]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Choerorrhinodes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="18" pageNumber="91" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="flavisetosus">flavisetosus</taxonomicName>
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</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis box="[901,1166,2455,2491]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="91">
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(h)
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Zimmerman." authorityYear="1942" box="[972,1162,2455,2491]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Choerorrhinodes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="18" pageNumber="91" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="marshalli">C. marshalli</taxonomicName>
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.
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</emphasis>
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</paragraph>
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</caption>
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<subSubSection pageId="19" pageNumber="92" type="discussion">
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<paragraph blockId="19.[462,1859,388,1154]" pageId="19" pageNumber="92">
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This is a puzzling, variable, difficult species to describe. It is allied to
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Zimmerman." authorityYear="1942" box="[466,659,544,586]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Trigonops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="19" pageNumber="92" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="vulgaris">
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<emphasis box="[466,659,544,586]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="92">T. vulgaris</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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which it resembles in size, shape, and coloring, but it can be separated from that species by its much less convex eyes. Some specimens might be separated from small, abnormal specimens of
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<emphasis box="[1303,1519,646,689]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="92">
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Zimmerman." authorityYear="1942" box="[1303,1513,646,689]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Trigonops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="19" pageNumber="92" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="inusitata">T. inusitata</taxonomicName>
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,
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</emphasis>
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with difficulty but most examples are much smaller than those of
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<taxonomicName box="[1311,1516,698,741]" pageId="19" pageNumber="92">
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<emphasis box="[1311,1516,698,741]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="92">T. imisitata</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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and, together with the characters mentioned in the key, can be readily separated.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="19.[462,1859,388,1154]" pageId="19" pageNumber="92">This species varies greatly in size, shape, color, color pattern and structure. Two extreme individuals might almost be described as two species if found separately and if no series of specimens showing intergradation of details were available.</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="19.[462,1859,388,1154]" pageId="19" pageNumber="92">
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In the National Museum material is a series of specimens which appear to be distinct from
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<emphasis box="[830,1037,1060,1102]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="92">
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<taxonomicName box="[830,1032,1060,1102]" pageId="19" pageNumber="92">T. conve.xa</taxonomicName>
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.
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</emphasis>
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However, I have been unable to find satisfactory characters by which to separate them and have left them unnamed.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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