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Megorchestes bolovenensis Kojima
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Megorchestes bolovenensis Kojima
(Figs. 3–4, 21–22)
Megorchestes bolovenensis Kojima, 2011: 109
Description. See Kojima (2011).
Specimens examined. Holotype, female, 3 km east from Paksong (alt. 1,313 m), Champasak Prov., Laos (N 15º10’ / E 106º15'), 13. ii. 2010, H. Kojima; paratype, female, same data as the holotype (TUA–J).
Distribution. Laos.
Female genitalia as illustrated (Figs. 21–22): Spermatheca with ramus (lateral part) distinct and differentiated from nodulus externally; and cornu distinct with pointed apex. Sternite 8 with bladal part 1.5x shorter than apodeme, apodeme with simple deflected apex. Male not known.
Comments. This species is easily separable from the Indian species M. deccanensis as noted under comments for that species.
Notes
Published as part of Ayri, Shaloo, Kojima, Hiroaki & Ramamurthy, V. V., 2014, Flea weevils of the genus Megorchestes Kojima (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Curculioninae, Rhamphini), with description of a second species from India, pp. 392-398 in Zootaxa 3814 (3) on page 398, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3814.3.6, http://zenodo.org/record/230234
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- Scientific name authorship
- Kojima
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Family
- Curculionidae
- Genus
- Megorchestes
- Species
- bolovenensis
- Taxon rank
- species
References
- Kojima, H. (2011) Megorchestes, a new genus of Rhamphini (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) from Laos. Japanese Journal of Systematic Entomology, 17, 109 - 113.