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Hoffmann
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<emphasis id="33D2EAE1FFD7FFEDC4ACBDA3FE85FB15" box="[151,318,1192,1215]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Cionus pericarti</emphasis>
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locality.
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Djimtilo (Bas-Chari,
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).
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<emphasis id="33D2EAE1FFD7FFEDC4FCBC19FEF7FA81" box="[199,332,1298,1323]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Type series.</emphasis>
This species was described based on
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collected in
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(Bas-Chari, Djimtilo), of which we examined
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,
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(
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<emphasis id="33D2EAE1FFD7FFEDC4FCBC75FEFBFA3D" box="[199,320,1406,1431]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
Integument brown. Rostrum in lateral view almost straight. Pronotum with subrectilinear sides, without protuberances. Elytra rectangular, with many light and dark maculae, and well visible rectilinear striae. Claws asymmetrical in male.
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<emphasis id="33D2EAE1FFD7FFEDC4FCBCE2FED1F9A9" box="[199,362,1513,1539]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Redescription.</emphasis>
Male (
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).
<emphasis id="33D2EAE1FFD7FFEDC604BCE2FD3CF9A9" bold="true" box="[575,647,1513,1539]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Body:</emphasis>
moderately stout, elongated.
<emphasis id="33D2EAE1FFD7FFEDC7E9BCE2FBA0F9A9" bold="true" box="[978,1051,1513,1539]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Head:</emphasis>
rostrum stout, short (Rl/Rw 3.30 3.33; Rl/Pl 1.331.35), black; in lateral view almost straight, slightly tapered from base to apex, in dorsal view slightly enlarged from base to apex, striate-punctate to near apex with two subtle longitudinal carinae at sides, from base to near apex with recumbent, moderately dense, not adpressed, moderately long (l/w 46), elliptical whitish and light brown scales. Head between eyes narrow, 0.3× as wide as rostrum at base. Eyes almost flat. Antennae brown, inserted between middle and apical third; scape long (l/w 8), funicle 0.7× as long as scape, S1 slightly more robust and slightly longer than S2, 1.8× as long as wide,
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× as long as wide, S35 transverse, club oblongly oval, pubescent, as long as funicle.
<emphasis id="33D2EAE1FFD7FFEDC610BFEEFD16F955" bold="true" box="[555,685,1765,1791]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Pronotum:</emphasis>
dark brown, without protuberances, with dense regular punctures, intervals between punctures narrow, slightly shining, smooth, moderately visible between recumbent, moderately dense, moderately long (l/w 46), elliptical, light brown and whitish intermixed scales; subconical, transverse (Pw/ Pl 1.681.72), widest at base, with rectilinear sides, weakly convex on disc.
<emphasis id="33D2EAE1FFD7FFEDC034BE5AFB1CF8C1" bold="true" box="[1039,1191,1873,1899]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Prosternum:</emphasis>
anterior margin with distinct emargination.
<emphasis id="33D2EAE1FFD7FFEDC5AEBE7EFDE3F825" bold="true" box="[405,600,1909,1935]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Scutellar shield:</emphasis>
subtriangular, with moderately dense light brown scales, similar to those on elytra.
<emphasis id="33D2EAE1FFD7FFEDC535BE92FEDFF819" bold="true" box="[270,356,1945,1971]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Elytra:</emphasis>
brown, rectangular, moderately elongated (El/Ew 1.221.24), distinctly wider than pronotum (Ew/Pw 1.801.83), humeri poorly prominent, rounded, sides parallel, weakly convex on disc; interstriae straight, with shallow, irregular punctures feebly visible between recumbent to subrecumbent, moderately dense, irregularly arranged, whitish and light brown intermixed, moderately long (l/w 47), elliptical scales, the lighter ones forming small spots on odd interstriae; striae feebly visible, 1/3 as wide as interstriae, with deep dense punctures, intervals between punctures narrow, sinuate, lower than interstriae.
<emphasis id="33D2EAE1FFD6FFECC72EB808FCD5FEB7" bold="true" box="[789,878,259,285]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Venter:</emphasis>
mesosternal process convex, slightly emarginated. Metasternum covered with moderately dense, elongated, almost hair-like in middle, grayish scales. Abdomen with moderately deep, irregularly arranged punctures, which are clearly visible between moderately dense scales (longer, hair-like in middle, shorter at sides); V1 1.6× longer than V2; V1+2 5.4× longer than V3+4, latter ones 0.6× as long as V5.
<emphasis id="33D2EAE1FFD6FFECC4D0B898FE97FE07" bold="true" box="[235,300,403,429]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Legs:</emphasis>
femora blackish, with moderately stout, very sharp teeth, covered with moderately dense, whitish and light brown intermixed scales; tibiae dark brown; tarsi dark brown, onychium as long as S13 combined; claws asymmetrical, one claw half as long as other.
<emphasis id="33D2EAE1FFD6FFECC6E5B8D1FC9CFE5E" bold="true" box="[734,807,474,500]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Penis:</emphasis>
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, its body with parallel sides in basal 2/3, then gradually narrowed, tip rounded. Flagellum as long as apodemes, bifurcated at its base.
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<paragraph id="011936F3FFD6FFECC4FCBB28FB8FFD97" blockId="13.[151,1437,151,1005]" box="[199,1076,546,573]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Female. Rostrum slightly longer (Rl/Rw 3.50; Rl/Pl 1.47), claws symmetrical.</paragraph>
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Variability. Length
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) examined do not show considerable differences
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<emphasis id="33D2EAE1FFD6FFECC4FCBB84FE8AFD03" box="[199,305,655,681]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Remarks.</emphasis>
This species is closely related to
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, from which it differs by the shape of the pronotum, which is less rounded at sides and less convex on disc, sharper femoral teeth and penis with thinner apical third in lateral view. These two species, together with
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<emphasis id="33D2EAE1FFD6FFECC660BBDCFD61FD5B" box="[603,730,727,753]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">C. perlatus</emphasis>
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, are easily distinguishable from all other Afrotropical species by the moderately elongated rectangular elytra, and the lack of pronotal protuberances. Both species differ from
<taxonomicName id="C6A64D70FFD6FFECC4ACBA14FEAEFC93" box="[151,277,799,825]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Cionus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="perlatus">
<emphasis id="33D2EAE1FFD6FFECC4ACBA14FEAEFC93" box="[151,277,799,825]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">C. perlatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by the integument brown, never black, the light spots less contrasted with the dark ones, and the more emarginated prosternum.
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</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="49BC6578FFD6FFECC4FCBA6CFC44FC63" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" type="biology_ecology">
<paragraph id="011936F3FFD6FFECC4FCBA6CFC44FC63" blockId="13.[151,1437,151,1005]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">
<emphasis id="33D2EAE1FFD6FFECC4FCBA6CFE31FC2A" box="[199,394,871,897]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Biological notes.</emphasis>
This species was collected on
<taxonomicName id="C6A64D70FFD6FFECC73BBA6CFB67FC2B" authority="(Poir.) Standl." authorityName="Standl." baseAuthorityName="Poir." box="[768,1244,871,897]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Nyctaginaceae" genus="Commicarpus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Caryophyllales" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="verticillatus">
<emphasis id="33D2EAE1FFD6FFECC73BBA6CFB94FC2B" box="[768,1071,871,897]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Commicarpus verticillatus</emphasis>
(Poir.) Standl.
</taxonomicName>
(
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,
<taxonomicName id="C6A64D70FFD6FFECC4ACBA80FEF9FC0F" box="[151,322,907,933]" class="Magnoliopsida" kingdom="Plantae" order="Caryophyllales" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="order">Caryophyllales</taxonomicName>
) (det. Péricart). We do not know other cionines living on
<taxonomicName id="C6A64D70FFD6FFECC787BA80FBDEFC0F" box="[956,1125,907,933]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Nyctaginaceae" kingdom="Plantae" order="Caryophyllales" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="family">Nyctaginaceae</taxonomicName>
. Therefore it is possible that the specimens were collected on
<taxonomicName id="C6A64D70FFD6FFECC633BAA4FC88FC63" box="[520,819,943,969]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Nyctaginaceae" genus="Commicarpus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Caryophyllales" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="verticillatus">
<emphasis id="33D2EAE1FFD6FFECC633BAA4FC88FC63" box="[520,819,943,969]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Commicarpus verticillatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
only accidentally.
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</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="49BC6578FFD6FFECC4FCBAD8FD97FC47" box="[199,556,979,1005]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="011936F3FFD6FFECC4FCBAD8FD97FC47" blockId="13.[151,1437,151,1005]" box="[199,556,979,1005]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">
<emphasis id="33D2EAE1FFD6FFECC4FCBAD8FEE3FC47" box="[199,344,979,1005]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Distribution.</emphasis>
<collectingCountry id="79B17663FFD6FFECC565BAD8FE22FC47" box="[350,409,979,1005]" name="Chad" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Chad</collectingCountry>
(Bas-Chari).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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