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The genus
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clearly belongs in the tribe
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<taxonomicName id="4C344D2FFFF3FFE6D17462C60EAE0CF3" authorityName="Le Conte" authorityYear="1876" box="[870,991,716,742]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="164" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="tribe" tribe="Xyleborini">Xyleborini</taxonomicName>
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<bibRefCitation id="EFA54B5DFFF3FFE6D69162C60DA50D1F" author="Alonso-Zarazaga, M. A. & Lyal, C. H. C." pageId="1" pageNumber="164" pagination="1 - 134" refId="ref5300" refString="Alonso-Zarazaga, M. A. & Lyal, C. H. C. (2009) A catalogue of family and genus group names in Scolytinae and Platypodinae with nomenclatural remarks (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Zootaxa, 2258, 1 - 134. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 2258.1.1" type="journal article" year="2009">Alonso-Zarazaga & Lyal 2009</bibRefCitation>
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). It is distinguished morphologically from other genera in the tribe by the following combination of characters: 1) antennal funicle 4-segmented (excluding pedicel), club of
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3 (
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Hulcr
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<emphasis id="B940EABEFFF3FFE6D632631F09280D3B" box="[1056,1113,788,814]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="164">et al.</emphasis>
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2007
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;
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); 2) pronotum subquadrate in form as viewed from above, as wide as or slightly wider than long, the anterior margin transverse, without asperities, emarginate in the middle when viewed from in front, lacking mycangial tufts at the base; 3) scutellum linguiform, flush with the surface of the elytra or almost so; 4) elytra divided into sharply separated smooth and shining (anterior), and matt (posterior) areas, the latter armed with numerous granules; 5) sclerolepidia absent from dorsal margin of metaventrite; 6) procoxae contiguous; 7) protibiae subtriangular, widest at apical third, the outer margin with 7‒13 small, closely set, socketed teeth in apical two-thirds, the posterior surface without granules.
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Female. Antenna with antennal funicle 4-segmented (excluding pedicel), first segment of club occupying one-third to one half of anterior face, its anterior margin concave or sinuate, segment 2 corneous, two sutures visible on posterior face. Eyes coarsely faceted, shallowly to strongly emarginate, upper part smaller than lower part or approximately equal in size. Frons plano-convex, usually with a median, smooth, shining, almost impunctate area extending from anterior margin to upper margin of eyes. Submentum triangular, impressed.
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Male. The male has been described only for
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<emphasis id="B940EABEFFF3FFE6D0AD670F0E11090B" box="[703,864,1796,1822]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="164">M. caledoniae</emphasis>
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(
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. It is generally similar to the female, but smaller and stouter, the eyes are reduced, the pronotum relatively wider, and the elytra relatively shorter. The sculpture of the matt area of the elytra differs in detail from that of the female.
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<emphasis id="B940EABEFFF3FFE6D2D5677A0C10099F" bold="true" box="[199,353,1904,1930]" pageId="1" pageNumber="164">Distribution.</emphasis>
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The genus is distributed in the Melanesian region from New
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to
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<collectingCountry id="F323763CFFF3FFE6D6FD677B08EC099F" box="[1263,1437,1904,1931]" name="New Caledonia" pageId="1" pageNumber="164">New Caledonia</collectingCountry>
|
||
and
|
||
<collectingCountry id="F323763CFFF3FFE6D2D5679E0D8309BB" box="[199,242,1940,1966]" name="Fiji" pageId="1" pageNumber="164">Fiji</collectingCountry>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8B8B36ACFFF3FFE5D2D567B209080FB8" blockId="1.[151,1437,716,2039]" lastBlockId="2.[151,1437,151,897]" lastPageId="2" lastPageNumber="165" pageId="1" pageNumber="164">
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||
<emphasis id="B940EABEFFF3FFE6D2D567B20C0109C7" bold="true" box="[199,368,1976,2002]" pageId="1" pageNumber="164">Relationships.</emphasis>
|
||
There is a superficial resemblance to
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C344D2FFFF3FFE6D12667B2093409C6" authority="Browne, 1950" authorityName="Browne" authorityYear="1950" box="[820,1093,1976,2003]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Schedlia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="164" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B940EABEFFF3FFE6D12667B20EE509C7" box="[820,916,1976,2002]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="164">Schedlia</emphasis>
|
||
Browne, 1950
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, in the quadrate shape of the pronotum with a transverse anterior margin, and the division of the elytra into anterior shining, and posterior matt and granulate parts, but
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C344D2FFFF0FFE5D3B9609D0F460EA4" authorityName="Beaver & Petrov" authorityYear="2021" box="[427,567,151,177]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Melanesicus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="165" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B940EABEFFF0FFE5D3B9609D0F460EA4" box="[427,567,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="165">Melanesicus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
has a distinct flat scutellum, and the posterior surface of the protibiae is not granulate. In
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C344D2FFFF0FFE5D33960B10CFA0EC0" authorityName="Browne" authorityYear="1950" box="[299,395,187,213]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Schedlia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="165" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B940EABEFFF0FFE5D33960B10CFA0EC0" box="[299,395,187,213]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="165">Schedlia</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, the scutellum is not visible, the protibiae are granulate posteriorly, and mycangia are present in the elytral bases (
|
||
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|
||
). The position of the mycangia in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C344D2FFFF0FFE5D61960D509E60EEC" authorityName="Beaver & Petrov" authorityYear="2021" box="[1035,1175,223,249]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Melanesicus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="165" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B940EABEFFF0FFE5D61960D509E60EEC" box="[1035,1175,223,249]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="165">Melanesicus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is not certain, but they are probably oral. The only species of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C344D2FFFF0FFE5D02D61090FBA0F08" authorityName="Beaver & Petrov" authorityYear="2021" box="[575,715,259,285]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Melanesicus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="165" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B940EABEFFF0FFE5D02D61090FBA0F08" box="[575,715,259,285]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="165">Melanesicus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
in which DNA has been investigated (
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C344D2FFFF0FFE5D667610908640F08" authorityName="Beaver & Petrov & Sittichaya" authorityYear="2021" baseAuthorityName="Schedl" baseAuthorityYear="1975" box="[1141,1301,259,285]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Melanesicus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="165" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="granulosus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B940EABEFFF0FFE5D667610908640F08" box="[1141,1301,259,285]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="165">M. granulosus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
) grouped in a weakly supported clade with a species of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C344D2FFFF0FFE5D06A612D0E980F54" authority="Hulcr & Cognato, 2013" authorityName="Hulcr & Cognato" authorityYear="2013" box="[632,1001,295,321]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Ancipitis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="165" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B940EABEFFF0FFE5D06A612D0FAD0F54" box="[632,732,295,321]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="165">Ancipitis</emphasis>
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFA54B5DFFF0FFE5D0F0612D0E980F54" author="Hulcr, J. & Cognato, A. I." box="[738,1001,295,321]" pageId="2" pageNumber="165" refId="ref6101" refString="Hulcr, J. & Cognato, A. I. (2013) Xyleborini of New Guinea, a taxonomic monograph (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae). Thomas Say Publications in Entomology, Entomological Society of America, Annapolis, Maryland, 172 pp." type="book" year="2013">Hulcr & Cognato, 2013</bibRefCitation>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFA54B5DFFF0FFE5D1E5612D09A70F54" author="Cognato, A. I. & Hulcr, J. & Dole, S. A. & Jordal, B. H." box="[1015,1238,295,321]" pageId="2" pageNumber="165" pagination="174 - 186" refId="ref5762" refString="Cognato, A. I., Hulcr, J., Dole, S. A. & Jordal, B. H. (2011) Phylogeny of haplo-diploid fungus-growing ambrosia beetles (Curculionidae: Scolytinae: Xyleborini) inferred from molecular and morphological data. Zoologica Scripta, 40, 174 - 186. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1463 - 6409.2010.00466. x" type="journal article" year="2011">
|
||
Cognato
|
||
<emphasis id="B940EABEFFF0FFE5D64C612D09E70F54" box="[1118,1174,295,321]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="165">et al.</emphasis>
|
||
2011
|
||
</bibRefCitation>
|
||
, 2020). However, the relationship of the two genera seems likely to be distant. As noted by
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFA54B5DFFF0FFE5D1C16141099D0F70" author="Hulcr, J. & Cognato, A. I." box="[979,1260,331,357]" pageId="2" pageNumber="165" refId="ref6101" refString="Hulcr, J. & Cognato, A. I. (2013) Xyleborini of New Guinea, a taxonomic monograph (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae). Thomas Say Publications in Entomology, Entomological Society of America, Annapolis, Maryland, 172 pp." type="book" year="2013">Hulcr & Cognato (2013)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C344D2FFFF0FFE5D6EA6141082D0F70" authorityName="Hulcr & Cognato" authorityYear="2013" box="[1272,1372,331,357]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Ancipitis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="165" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B940EABEFFF0FFE5D6EA6141082D0F70" box="[1272,1372,331,357]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="165">Ancipitis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
has a number of dryocoetine-like characters including a flat submentum, a long ventral side to the head, and narrow tibiae with few large denticles in enlarged sockets, characters which are absent in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C344D2FFFF0FFE5D1F4619909030FB8" authorityName="Beaver & Petrov" authorityYear="2021" box="[998,1138,403,429]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Melanesicus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="165" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B940EABEFFF0FFE5D1F4619909030FB8" box="[998,1138,403,429]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="165">Melanesicus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="C32E6527FFF0FFE5D2D561BC0C860D94" pageId="2" pageNumber="165" type="biology_ecology">
|
||
<paragraph id="8B8B36ACFFF0FFE5D2D561BC0FA50CD8" blockId="2.[151,1437,151,897]" pageId="2" pageNumber="165">
|
||
<emphasis id="B940EABEFFF0FFE5D2D561BC0C560FC5" bold="true" box="[199,295,438,464]" pageId="2" pageNumber="165">Biology.</emphasis>
|
||
The biology of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C344D2FFFF0FFE5D3F761BD0F000FC4" authorityName="Beaver & Petrov" authorityYear="2021" box="[485,625,439,465]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Melanesicus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="165" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B940EABEFFF0FFE5D3F761BD0F000FC4" box="[485,625,439,465]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="165">Melanesicus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
has been investigated only in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C344D2FFFF0FFE5D1C061BD09200FC5" authorityName="Browne" authorityYear="1974" box="[978,1105,439,464]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Xyleborus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="165" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="partitus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B940EABEFFF0FFE5D1C061BD09200FC5" box="[978,1105,439,464]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="165">M. partitus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C344D2FFFF0FFE5D69F61BD0DAA0FE0" authority="(Roberts 1977)" baseAuthorityName="Roberts" baseAuthorityYear="1977" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Melanesicus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="165" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="deformatus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B940EABEFFF0FFE5D69F61BD08430FC4" box="[1165,1330,439,465]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="165">M. deformatus</emphasis>
|
||
(
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFA54B5DFFF0FFE5D75161BD0DA20FE0" author="Roberts, H." pageId="2" pageNumber="165" pagination="251 - 272" refId="ref6423" refString="Roberts, H. (1977) Observations on the biology of some tropical rain forest Scolytidae (Coleoptera) from Fiji. II. Subfamily Ipinae - tribe Xyleborini. Journal of Natural History, 11, 251 - 272. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222937700770181" type="journal article" year="1977">Roberts 1977</bibRefCitation>
|
||
)
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. The gallery system consists of multiply branched tunnels in one transverse plane. The eggs are laid in clutches, initially of 4 to 6, but later of up to 12 or 14, in the branches, and the larvae of each batch appear to develop and pupate within the branch in which they hatched. The adults of the new generation move around the nest, and undergo a period of maturation feeding within the nest before emergence. Brood sizes in mature galleries can be very large (at least 150 individuals) in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C344D2FFFF0FFE5D07762610F900C91" authorityName="Browne" authorityYear="1974" box="[613,737,619,644]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Xyleborus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="165" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="partitus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B940EABEFFF0FFE5D07762610F900C91" box="[613,737,619,644]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="165">M. partitus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, but only smaller broods were observed in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C344D2FFFF0FFE5D6D3626108150C90" baseAuthorityName="Roberts" baseAuthorityYear="1977" box="[1217,1380,619,645]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Melanesicus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="165" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="deformatus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B940EABEFFF0FFE5D6D3626108150C90" box="[1217,1380,619,645]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="165">M. deformatus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. The males develop faster than the females.
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFA54B5DFFF0FFE5D05762850F9D0CBC" author="Roberts, H." box="[581,748,655,681]" pageId="2" pageNumber="165" pagination="251 - 272" refId="ref6423" refString="Roberts, H. (1977) Observations on the biology of some tropical rain forest Scolytidae (Coleoptera) from Fiji. II. Subfamily Ipinae - tribe Xyleborini. Journal of Natural History, 11, 251 - 272. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222937700770181" type="journal article" year="1977">Roberts (1977)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
found a sex ratio of 4−
|
||
<specimenCount id="9D32FD25FFF0FFE5D1FC6285092C0CBC" box="[1006,1117,655,681]" pageId="2" pageNumber="165" type="female">7 females</specimenCount>
|
||
:
|
||
<specimenCount id="9D32FD25FFF0FFE5D674628509C10CBC" box="[1126,1200,655,681]" pageId="2" pageNumber="165" type="male">1 male</specimenCount>
|
||
in young broods, but it is likely that the ratio increases in older galleries.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8B8B36ACFFF0FFE5D2D562DD0C860D94" blockId="2.[151,1437,151,897]" pageId="2" pageNumber="165">
|
||
The occurrence of maturation feeding within the parental gallery by the new generation females implies the possibility that they are also involved in brood care, gallery maintenance and fungal gardening (
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFA54B5DFFF0FFE5D6DB62F10C540D2C" author="Biedermann, P. H. W. & Taborsky, M." pageId="2" pageNumber="165" pagination="17064 - 17069" refId="ref5443" refString="Biedermann, P. H. W. & Taborsky, M. (2011) Larval helpers and age polyethism in ambrosia beetles. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 108, 17064 - 17069. https: // doi. org / 10.1073 / pnas. 1107758108" type="journal article" year="2011">Biedermann & Taborsky 2011</bibRefCitation>
|
||
; Biedermann
|
||
<emphasis id="B940EABEFFF0FFE5D3D363150C8B0D2C" box="[449,506,799,825]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="165">et al.</emphasis>
|
||
2011). Given the large size of some gallery systems of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C344D2FFFF0FFE5D67F6315099B0D2D" authorityName="Browne" authorityYear="1974" box="[1133,1258,799,824]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Xyleborus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="165" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="partitus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B940EABEFFF0FFE5D67F6315099B0D2D" box="[1133,1258,799,824]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="165">M. partitus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
investigated by
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFA54B5DFFF0FFE5D28563490C330D48" author="Roberts, H." box="[151,322,835,861]" pageId="2" pageNumber="165" pagination="251 - 272" refId="ref6423" refString="Roberts, H. (1977) Observations on the biology of some tropical rain forest Scolytidae (Coleoptera) from Fiji. II. Subfamily Ipinae - tribe Xyleborini. Journal of Natural History, 11, 251 - 272. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222937700770181" type="journal article" year="1977">Roberts (1977)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
, it is also possible that some may breed within the parental nest rather than dispersing to found new nests (
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFA54B5DFFF0FFE5D2CC636D0C9A0D94" author="Biedermann, P. H. W. & Peer, K. & Taborsky, M." box="[222,491,871,897]" pageId="2" pageNumber="165" pagination="231 - 236" refId="ref5614" refString="Biedermann, P. H. W., Peer, K. & Taborsky, M. (2012) Female dispersal and reproduction in the ambrosia beetle Xyleborinus saxesenii Ratzeburg (Coleoptera; Scolytinae). Mitteilungen der Deutschen Gesellschaft fur Allgemeine und Angewandte Entomologie, 18 (2011), 231 - 236." type="journal article" year="2012">
|
||
Biedermann
|
||
<emphasis id="B940EABEFFF0FFE5D37D636D0CD90D94" box="[367,424,871,897]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="165">et al.</emphasis>
|
||
2012
|
||
</bibRefCitation>
|
||
).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="C32E6527FFF0FFE5D28563DA08ED0BE0" pageId="2" pageNumber="165" type="key">
|
||
<paragraph id="8B8B36ACFFF0FFE5D28563DA0F7D0DF0" blockId="2.[151,524,975,997]" box="[151,524,975,997]" pageId="2" pageNumber="165">
|
||
<emphasis id="B940EABEFFF0FFE5D28563DA0F7D0DF0" bold="true" box="[151,524,975,997]" pageId="2" pageNumber="165">
|
||
Key to
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C344D2FFFF0FFE5D2F263C50C2D0DF0" authorityName="Beaver & Petrov" authorityYear="2021" box="[224,348,975,997]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Melanesicus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="165" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B940EABEFFF0FFE5D2F263C50C2D0DF0" bold="true" box="[224,348,975,997]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="165">Melanesicus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
species (females)
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<key id="FFA5619DFFF0FFE5D285640008ED0BE0" pageId="2" pageNumber="165">
|
||
<keyStep id="30C02E09FFF0FFE5D285640008ED0A62" pageId="2" pageNumber="165">
|
||
<paragraph id="8B8B36ACFFF0FFE5D285640008EC0A2B" blockId="2.[151,1437,1034,1526]" pageId="2" pageNumber="165">
|
||
<keyLead id="30C59599FFF0FFE5D285640008EC0A2B" pageId="2" pageNumber="165">
|
||
1 Elytra strongly, transversely impressed just before declivity. Declivity almost vertical with two rows of small, stout, pointed teeth on upper margin.
|
||
<quantity id="4CCC9B49FFF0FFE5D3D364220F450A28" box="[449,564,1064,1085]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.0" metricValueMax="3.1" metricValueMin="2.9" pageId="2" pageNumber="165" unit="mm" value="3.0" valueMax="3.1" valueMin="2.9">2.9‒3.1 mm</quantity>
|
||
long.
|
||
<collectingCountry id="F323763CFFF0FFE5D06364220FE70A2B" box="[625,662,1064,1086]" name="Fiji" pageId="2" pageNumber="165">Fiji</collectingCountry>
|
||
...............................................
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C344D2FFFF0FFE5D6DC642208EC0A2B" authority="(Browne)" authorityName="Beaver & Petrov & Sittichaya" authorityYear="2021" baseAuthorityName="Browne" baseAuthorityYear="1974" box="[1230,1437,1064,1086]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Melanesicus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="165" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="deformatus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B940EABEFFF0FFE5D6DC6422084B0A28" box="[1230,1338,1064,1085]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="165">deformatus</emphasis>
|
||
(Browne)
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
</keyLead>
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8B8B36ACFFF0FFE5D285644F08ED0A62" blockId="2.[151,1437,1034,1526]" pageId="2" pageNumber="165">
|
||
<keyLead id="30C59599FFF0FFE5D285644F08ED0A62" pageId="2" pageNumber="165">‒ Elytra not strongly impressed before declivity. Declivity less strongly sloping, without rows of pointed teeth on upper margin. ................................................................................................... 2</keyLead>
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||
</paragraph>
|
||
</keyStep>
|
||
<keyStep id="30C02E09FFF0FFE5D285648A08ED0AC5" pageId="2" pageNumber="165">
|
||
<paragraph id="8B8B36ACFFF0FFE5D285648A08ED0A80" blockId="2.[151,1437,1034,1526]" box="[151,1436,1152,1174]" pageId="2" pageNumber="165">
|
||
<keyLead id="30C59599FFF0FFE5D285648A08ED0A80" box="[151,1436,1152,1174]" pageId="2" pageNumber="165">2 Granules on elytral declivity arranged in uniseriate rows along striae and interstriae, or on interstriae alone.............. 3</keyLead>
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8B8B36ACFFF0FFE5D285649708ED0AC5" blockId="2.[151,1437,1034,1526]" pageId="2" pageNumber="165">
|
||
<keyLead id="30C59599FFF0FFE5D285649708ED0AC5" pageId="2" pageNumber="165">‒ Granules on elytral declivity irregularly scattered over surface, at least on apical half of declivity, so that striae and interstriae are obscured......................................................................................... 5</keyLead>
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</keyStep>
|
||
<keyStep id="30C02E09FFF0FFE5D28564D208ED0B32" pageId="2" pageNumber="165">
|
||
<paragraph id="8B8B36ACFFF0FFE5D28564D208EC0B1E" blockId="2.[151,1437,1034,1526]" pageId="2" pageNumber="165">
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3 Granules on elytral declivity large, almost equal in size on striae and interstriae.
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long.
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<collectingCountry id="F323763CFFF0FFE5D6B064D208480AFB" box="[1186,1337,1240,1262]" name="New Caledonia" pageId="2" pageNumber="165">New Caledonia</collectingCountry>
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.......................................................................................
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<taxonomicName id="4C344D2FFFF0FFE5D68B64FF08EC0B1E" authority="(Beaver & Liu)" authorityName="Beaver & Petrov & Sittichaya" authorityYear="2021" baseAuthorityName="Beaver & Liu" baseAuthorityYear="2016" box="[1177,1437,1269,1291]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Melanesicus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="165" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="caledoniae">
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<emphasis id="B940EABEFFF0FFE5D68B64FF08730B1F" box="[1177,1282,1269,1290]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="165">caledoniae</emphasis>
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(Beaver & Liu)
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</taxonomicName>
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</paragraph>
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<keyLead id="30C59599FFF0FFE5D285653A08EC0B53" box="[151,1437,1328,1350]" pageId="2" pageNumber="165">
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4 Strial granules on elytral declivity minute or absent.
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long.
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<collectingCountry id="F323763CFFF0FFE5D198653A0EDE0B53" box="[906,943,1328,1350]" name="Fiji" pageId="2" pageNumber="165">Fiji</collectingCountry>
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...........................
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<taxonomicName id="4C344D2FFFF0FFE5D6E2653A08EC0B53" ID-CoL="5CJBB" authority="(Browne)" baseAuthorityName="Browne" box="[1264,1437,1328,1350]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Xyleborus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="165" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="partitus">
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<emphasis id="B940EABEFFF0FFE5D6E2653A084A0B50" box="[1264,1339,1328,1349]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="165">partitus</emphasis>
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(Browne)
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</taxonomicName>
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</paragraph>
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‒ Strial granules on elytral declivity smaller than those on interstriae, but distinct. 3.95‒4.0 mm long.
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...............................................................................................
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<taxonomicName id="4C344D2FFFF0FFE5D6A6656008100B95" authority="Petrov" authorityName="Beaver & Petrov & Sittichaya" authorityYear="2021" box="[1204,1377,1386,1408]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Melanesicus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="165" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tishechkini" status="sp. nov.">
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<emphasis id="B940EABEFFF0FFE5D6A66560086D0B6A" box="[1204,1308,1386,1407]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="165">tishechkini</emphasis>
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Petrov
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</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="B940EABEFFF0FFE5D774656008ED0B6A" bold="true" box="[1382,1436,1386,1407]" pageId="2" pageNumber="165">
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="A27357C5FFF0FFE5D774656008ED0B6A" box="[1382,1436,1386,1407]" pageId="2" pageNumber="165" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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</emphasis>
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</keyLead>
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</paragraph>
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</keyStep>
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<keyStep id="30C02E09FFF0FFE5D285658D08ED0BE0" pageId="2" pageNumber="165">
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<paragraph id="8B8B36ACFFF0FFE5D285658D08EC0BAE" blockId="2.[151,1437,1034,1526]" pageId="2" pageNumber="165">
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<keyLead id="30C59599FFF0FFE5D285658D08EC0BAE" pageId="2" pageNumber="165">
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5 Larger species,
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<quantity id="4CCC9B49FFF0FFE5D36E65820CB70B88" box="[380,454,1416,1437]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.2" pageId="2" pageNumber="165" unit="mm" value="3.2">3.2 mm</quantity>
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long. Granules on elytral declivity confused over whole surface, striae and interstriae obscure. New
|
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<collectingCountry id="F323763CFFF0FFE5D2F065AF0C5B0BAE" box="[226,298,1445,1467]" name="Guinea-Bissau" pageId="2" pageNumber="165">Guinea</collectingCountry>
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||
...............................................................................
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<taxonomicName id="4C344D2FFFF0FFE5D6C865AF08EC0BAE" authority="(Schedl)" authorityName="Beaver & Petrov & Sittichaya" authorityYear="2021" baseAuthorityName="Schedl" baseAuthorityYear="1975" box="[1242,1437,1445,1467]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Melanesicus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="165" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="granulosus">
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<emphasis id="B940EABEFFF0FFE5D6C865AF08340BAF" box="[1242,1349,1445,1466]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="165">granulosus</emphasis>
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(Schedl)
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</taxonomicName>
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8B8B36ACFFF0FFE5D28565C908ED0BE0" blockId="2.[151,1437,1034,1526]" pageId="2" pageNumber="165">
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<keyLead id="30C59599FFF0FFE5D28565C908ED0BE0" pageId="2" pageNumber="165">
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‒ Smaller species,
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||
<quantity id="4CCC9B49FFF0FFE5D39465C80CAD0BCD" box="[390,476,1474,1496]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.45" pageId="2" pageNumber="165" unit="mm" value="2.45">2.45 mm</quantity>
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long. Granules on elytral declivity in strial and interstrial rows near upper margin, becoming confused in apical half of declivity.
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<collectingCountry id="F323763CFFF0FFE5D00A65EA0F4C0BE3" box="[536,573,1504,1526]" name="Fiji" pageId="2" pageNumber="165">Fiji</collectingCountry>
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||
...................................................
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||
<taxonomicName id="4C344D2FFFF0FFE5D6B765EA08110BE0" authority="Beaver" authorityName="Beaver & Petrov & Sittichaya" authorityYear="2021" box="[1189,1376,1504,1525]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Melanesicus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="165" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nukuruanus" status="sp. nov.">
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<emphasis id="B940EABEFFF0FFE5D6B765EA08670BE0" box="[1189,1302,1504,1525]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="165">nukuruanus</emphasis>
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Beaver
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</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="B940EABEFFF0FFE5D77465EA08ED0BE0" bold="true" box="[1382,1436,1504,1525]" pageId="2" pageNumber="165">
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="A27357C5FFF0FFE5D77465EA08ED0BE0" box="[1382,1436,1504,1525]" pageId="2" pageNumber="165" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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</emphasis>
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</keyLead>
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