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Pterocolus Say 1831

Description

Genus Pterocolus Say

Type species. Attelabus ovatus Fabricius, 1801, by monotypy.

Generic diagnosis. Pterocolus can be recognized by the metallic blue-green to blue-black integument, by the distinct lateral carina on the pronotum with the prothoracic pleuron strongly excavated beneath it, by the antennae that are inserted close to the eyes, and by the elytra that is individually rounded apically.

Notes

Published as part of Young, Julia Janicki Daniel K., 2021, Survey of the Attelabidae of Wisconsin (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea), pp. 1-61 in Insecta Mundi 2021 (891) on page 26, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.12808389

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Say
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Attelabidae
Genus
Pterocolus
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Pterocolus Say, 1831 sec. Young, 2021

References

  • Fabricius JC. 1801. Systema eleutheratorum secundum ordines, genera, species: adiectis synonymis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Vol. 2. Impensis Bibliopolii Academici Novi; Kiel. 687 p. [Curculionoidea p. 280, 316, 382 - 395, 397, 399 - 401, 404 - 555].