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Apirocalodes Voss

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Apirocalodes Voss

Apirocalodes Voss, 1961: 250–251.

Type species: Apirocalodes wegneri Voss, 1961, by original designation.

Description. Integument with appressed, weakly microgranulate scales. Head with angulate transverse sulcus separating rostral base. Eyes convex, protruding; separated from front margin of prothorax by ca. 1.2 X length of eye. Rostrum. Apical declivity distinct, with sunk-in scales. Dorsum medially with subglabrous furrow. Antenna. Scape curved; in cross-section subrotund; with appressed scales and curved, suberect bristles. Funicle with second article 1.1 X as long as article 1. Pronotum ca. as long as wide. Thorax. Metanepisternum narrow, subglabrous. Elytra with 12 striae; behind middle intervals 4–7 forming conspicuous lateral protrusion, crest with fringe of dense long scales. Legs. Protibia ventrally simple, not denticulate. Venter. Procoxae medially subcontiguous; distance to apex 0.5 X distance to base of prothorax. Mesoventral process subquadrate, 0.85 X as long as wide. Abdomen. Female ventrites 3–5 exposed, laterally shorter than ventrites 1–2. Genitalia. Penis with apodeme firmly attached to body; transfer apparatus elongate, spiniform.

Notes. Related to S yntrophus Marshall, but as noted by Voss (1961) with a remarkable resemblance to Apirocalus Pascoe sharing the character of elytral protrusions.

Notes

Published as part of Riedel, Alexander, 2024, Taxonomic review of weevils of the tribe Celeuthetini, mainly from Sundaland, Sulawesi and the Lesser Sunda Islands (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Entiminae), pp. 1-75 in Zootaxa 5464 (1) on page 8, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5464.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/11612810

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Voss
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Curculionidae
Genus
Apirocalodes
Taxon rank
genus

References

  • Voss, E. (1961) Uber einige weitere Curculioniden aus dem indonesischen Raum (Col., Curc.). Treubia, 25 (3), 241 - 267.