Published June 29, 2011
| Version v1
Taxonomic treatment
Open
Howeius Mantilleri 2011, n.gen.
Creators
Description
Howeius n.gen.
Lord Howe Genus A, Zimmerman, 1991: 157; 1994: 215.
Type species. Howeius micropterus n.sp.
Diagnosis. Prorostrum longer than 0.5× the length of head + metarostrum + mesorostrum; mesorostrum with a small projection on either side under antennal base. Metasternum and sternites III–IV laterally not carinate. Sternites V–VI smooth, without basal notch; VII with two latero-apical depressions and no basal notch or apical fovea. Gonocoxites (Fig. 33) fused at base; apex with a strong sclerotized lateral tooth; styli apical, reduced.
Remarks. The characters given in the diagnosis of the genus are not repeated in the description of the new species below.
Notes
Files
Files
(1.1 kB)
Name | Size | Download all |
---|---|---|
md5:3a98d81e8328536c7fff037e41840596
|
1.1 kB | Download |
System files
(6.4 kB)
Name | Size | Download all |
---|---|---|
md5:b1764d7d4ceb3195a3932cbc3331e7b8
|
6.4 kB | Download |
Linked records
Additional details
Biodiversity
- Family
- Brentidae
- Genus
- Howeius
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Mantilleri
- Taxonomic status
- gen. nov.
- Taxon rank
- genus
- Taxonomic concept label
- Howeius Mantilleri, 2011
References
- Zimmerman, E. C., 1991. Australian Weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea). Volume 5. Colour Plates 1 - 304. CSIRO, Australia, X + 633 pp.
- Zimmerman, E. C., 1994. Australian Weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea). Volume 2. Brentidae, Eurhynchidae, Apionidae and a chapter on immature stages by Brenda May. CSIRO, Australia, X + 755 pp.