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<taxonomicName id="4C364D20FFD84734FF7DFCEDFD9AFCE6" ID-CoL="6WTPS" authority="Heller" authorityName="Heller" authorityYear="2008" box="[242,592,821,845]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Rhinoscapha" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="28" pageNumber="127" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="meridiana" status="stat. nov.">
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<emphasis id="B942EAB1FFD84734FF7DFCEDFDC2FCE7" bold="true" box="[242,520,821,844]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="127">Rhinoscapha meridiana</emphasis>
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Heller
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<paragraph id="8B8936A3FFD84734FF5BFC8FFED7FCC4" blockId="28.[212,669,821,879]" box="[212,285,855,879]" pageId="28" pageNumber="127">Fig. 13</paragraph>
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<treatmentCitation id="0A9710B2FFD84734FF5BFC43FD98FC04" author="HELLER K. M." box="[212,594,921,944]" page="260" pageId="28" pageNumber="127" year="1916">
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<emphasis id="B942EAB1FFD84734FF5BFC43FE60FC1B" box="[212,426,923,944]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="127">Rhinoscapha meridiana</emphasis>
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<bibRefCitation id="EFA74B52FFD84734FE20FC41FD98FC04" author="HELLER K. M." box="[431,594,921,943]" pageId="28" pageNumber="127" pagination="10" refId="ref85064" refString="59: 43 - 98. HELLER K. M. 1916. - Die Kafer von Neu-Caledonien und den benachbarten DEJEAN P. F. M. A. 1821. - Catalogue de la collection de Coleopteres de M. Inselgruppen. In Sarasin & Roux (eds) Nova Caledonia. A. Zoologie 2 (3): le Baron Dejean. Paris, Crevot. 8 + 136 + 2 pp. 229 - 365, pl. 10, 11." type="book chapter" year="1916">Heller, 1916: 260</bibRefCitation>
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(listed for Loyalty Is. as
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<taxonomicName id="4C364D20FFD84734FCB5FC42FB80FC1B" ID-CoL="4S9TF" authority="Montrouzier" authorityName="Montrouzier" authorityYear="1855" box="[826,1098,922,944]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Rhinoscapha" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="28" pageNumber="127" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cristovalensis">
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<emphasis id="B942EAB1FFD84734FCB5FC42FC02FC1B" box="[826,968,922,944]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="127">R. cristovalensis</emphasis>
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Montrouzier
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).
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<emphasis id="B942EAB1FFD84734FF5BFC63FE08FC7B" box="[212,450,955,976]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="127">Rhinoscapha cristovalensis</emphasis>
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Montrouzier
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<emphasis id="B942EAB1FFD84734FDCAFC62FDBFFC64" box="[581,629,954,975]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="127">sensu</emphasis>
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<bibRefCitation id="EFA74B52FFD84734FDF4FC61FCD7FC64" author="HELLER K. M." box="[635,797,953,975]" pageId="28" pageNumber="127" pagination="10" refId="ref85064" refString="59: 43 - 98. HELLER K. M. 1916. - Die Kafer von Neu-Caledonien und den benachbarten DEJEAN P. F. M. A. 1821. - Catalogue de la collection de Coleopteres de M. Inselgruppen. In Sarasin & Roux (eds) Nova Caledonia. A. Zoologie 2 (3): le Baron Dejean. Paris, Crevot. 8 + 136 + 2 pp. 229 - 365, pl. 10, 11." type="book chapter" year="1916">Heller, 1916: 260</bibRefCitation>
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(in error).
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<paragraph id="8B8936A3FFD84734FF7DFB92FAB3FADC" blockId="28.[210,1445,1029,1850]" pageId="28" pageNumber="127">Rostrum deeply sulcate, with a shiny, bare line in bottom of median furrow; epistome flat, gently merging with remainder of rostrum, not separated from sides of rostrum by a furrow, smooth, with vibrissae anteriorly on sides. Pronotum multifoveate owing to an irregular, coarse netting of smooth, wide and shiny interspaces and enclosed squamose foveae. Scutellum usually longer than wide. Elytra not transversely depressed at base but occasionally somewhat depressed next to humeral callus; striae fine, rather somewhat conspicuous because of nearly bare bottoms to form sharp, black kines; junctions of striae as follows: 3 with 8, 4 with 5, and 6 with 7; interstsriae flat, in males sometimes with larger setiferous puncta or transverse rugae. Metasternum posteriorly, in front of intercoxal process of ventrite 1, with a bare V-shaped design, outer edge of arms diverging approximately by a 90° angle, arms long, widening apicad, truncate or blunt at end. Wings moderately atrophied, narrow, about as long as elytra, unsuitable for flight.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8B8936A3FFD84734FF7DFA5AFB79F891" blockId="28.[210,1445,1029,1850]" pageId="28" pageNumber="127">Male: tergites 1-6 partly depigmented but less so on sides, tergite 7 well-pigmented on siudes and apical; half, weakly bisinuous or medially subemarginate; pruinose patches present on 4-7 but somewhat reduced, those on 7 with few larger puncta on latero-apical area; tergite 8 strongly convex, two thirds or one half exposed beyond 7, densely punctate and pilose on exposed party, bare and smooth on concealed area. Sternite 8 with moderately transverse, apically sparsely pilose plates; sternite 9 with symmetrical blade, with arms curving outwards; apodeme articulated with blade, rather uniformly thick and weakly curved up. Tegmen, including parameral lobes, as long as aedeagal body; parameral lobes long, narrow, as far apart as twice the width of lones. Aedeagus upright, a little longer than venter, projecting into thoracic lumen, symmetrical; aedeagal body solid, deeply pigmented, 1.5 to 1.8 x as long as apodemes, parallel-sided as far as ostium, the attenuated to a sharply pointed tip, apex about 1.5 x as long as broad at base, shallowly sulcate dorsally; aedeagus in lateral view with downward increasing curvature; internal sac exposed, extending to about end of apodemes, with base re-inforced with a dorsal, weakly pigmented sclerite resembling a bold Greek letter omega, with a broad emargination at base, and a deep fovea between sides into which ejaculatory duct inserts, other sclerite ventral, darkly pigmented, U-shaped; ejaculatory duct fine, soft, not pigmented.</paragraph>
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Length:
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.
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. —
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present, but the author missed attaching identification labels, thus the specimens remained unrecognised as of the type series.
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male, 18.2 x
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,
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<collectingCounty id="62E84E2FFFD94735FB65FE4DFAF2FE06" box="[1258,1336,405,429]" pageId="29" pageNumber="128">Loyalty</collectingCounty>
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,
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<collectorName id="26C35375FFD94735FA0EFE4DFEF5FE64" pageId="29" pageNumber="128">Drs F. Sarasin</collectorName>
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&
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<collectorName id="26C35375FFD94735FEECFE60FE79FE64" box="[355,435,440,463]" pageId="29" pageNumber="128">J. Roux</collectorName>
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,
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.D.
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, also from
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<collectorName id="26C35375FFD94735FCACFE6FFCA4FE64" box="[803,878,439,463]" pageId="29" pageNumber="128">Maré I.</collectorName>
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(
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,
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) with
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.
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<collectorName id="26C35375FFD94735FB38FE6FFAD8FE64" box="[1207,1298,439,463]" pageId="29" pageNumber="128">D. Other</collectorName>
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identified specimens with
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<collectionCode id="ED27AE66FFD94735FEE7FE02FE61FE5A" box="[360,427,474,497]" country="USA" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34697" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34697" name="Bishop Museum" pageId="29" pageNumber="128" type="Museum">BPBM</collectionCode>
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,
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<collectionCode id="ED27AE66FFD94735FE39FE02FE30FE59" box="[438,506,474,498]" country="New Zealand" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34070" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34070" name="New Zealand Arthropod Collection" pageId="29" pageNumber="128" type="Other institutional type">NZAC</collectionCode>
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,
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<collectionCode id="ED27AE66FFD94735FD8BFE02FDF3FE59" box="[516,569,474,498]" pageId="29" pageNumber="128">SMT</collectionCode>
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.D,
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<collectionCode id="ED27AE66FFD94735FDD6FE02FD58FE59" box="[601,658,474,498]" pageId="29" pageNumber="128">SRFP</collectionCode>
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</materialsCitation>
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.
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<collectionCode id="ED27AE66FFD94735FF7DFDC4FE10FD9A" box="[242,474,540,561]" pageId="29" pageNumber="128">MATERIAL EXAMINED</collectionCode>
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. — Loyalty Is.: Ouvéa, Lifou, Maré.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8B8936A3FFD94735FF7DFDE4FD50FDF9" blockId="29.[242,799,540,594]" box="[242,666,572,594]" pageId="29" pageNumber="128">
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<collectingCountry id="F3217633FFD94735FF7DFDE4FE8EFDFA" box="[242,324,572,593]" name="Vanuatu" pageId="29" pageNumber="128">Vanuatu</collectingCountry>
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: island not specified.
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.
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<paragraph id="8B8936A3FFD94735FF7DFD5FFDC5FD34" blockId="29.[242,527,647,671]" box="[242,527,647,671]" pageId="29" pageNumber="128">HOSTPLANTS. — No data.</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="C32C6528FFD94735FF7DFD15FB2FFD4E" box="[242,1253,717,741]" pageId="29" pageNumber="128" type="etymology">
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<paragraph id="8B8936A3FFD94735FF7DFD15FB2FFD4E" blockId="29.[242,1253,717,741]" box="[242,1253,717,741]" pageId="29" pageNumber="128">ETYMOLOGY.— The epithet meridiánus is Latin, in its derived meaning standing for southern.</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="C32C6528FFD94735FF7DFCCAFD22FBB6" pageId="29" pageNumber="128" type="discussion">
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REMARKS. — An early specimen in Coll. Fauvel is labeled from Nouméa, a locality best dismissed for the time being. Evidence is strong that the species does not occur on the main island of
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. Four specimens from ‘Neu Hebriden’ were sent from Coll. Kirsch and C. Felsche, Dresden. They are dorsally and ventrally of a shiny green, including the legs and scape, have a rostrum that is distinctly more abruptly expanded at apex, and the metasternal lines are short, with area between the arms also bare, thus reduced to a small triangle. The specimens are very much alike and definitely distinguishable from the Loyalty Is. populations. They probably derived from the same source, their origin here surmised as from a southern
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island, because it is the area that more frequently shares species and affinity with the Loyalty Islands fauna.
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