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Hoplopisthius (Pseudotaphroderes) Bolkay 1911, n. stat.

Description

Hoplopisthius (Pseudotaphroderes) Bolkay, 1911, n. stat.

Pseudotaphroderes Bolkay, 1911: 263. Type species: Pseudotaphroderes forficatus Bolkay, 1911, by subsequent designation (Zimmerman 1994: 153).

Stratiopisthius Senna & Calabresi, 1919: 76, n. syn. Type species: Hoplopisthius doriae Senna, 1893, by monotypy.

Diagnosis. Head with a small basal notch, temples lengthened, as long as or longer than eye diameter (except in H. (P.) ocularis where temples are shorter than eye diameter); vertex, frons and metarostrum glabrous in both sexes. Venter of head grooved. Underside of profemora without brush of thick hairs; upper side of metafemora not grooved (very slightly in H. (P.) forcipitiger). Metasternum not carinate laterally (except in H. (P.) forcipitiger). Elytral interstria 2 present from base to apex; interstriae 5 and 7 abruptly interrupted at apex, forming a tooth above the apical declivity; apex of elytra in shape of "forceps", the first interstria not strongly projecting rearward; interstria 9 forming the external apical border of "forceps". Sternites V–VI of abdomen without basal notches; sternite VII with a small basal notch (sometimes hardly distinct), two latero-apical and no apical fovea. Tergite VIII of females slightly denticulate at the apex.

Notes

Published as part of Mantilleri, Antoine, 2010, A taxonomic review and phylogeny of the genera Hoplopisthius Senna, 1892 and Carcinopisthius Kolbe, 1892 (Coleoptera: Brentidae, Hoplopisthiini), pp. 1-26 in Zootaxa 2516 on page 10, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.196132

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Brentidae
Genus
Hoplopisthius
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Coleoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Bolkay
Taxonomic status
stat. nov.
Taxon rank
subGenus

References

  • Bolkay, S. (1911). Descriptions of some new Brenthidae. Annales Musei Nationalis Hungarici, 9, 263 - 265.
  • Zimmerman, E. C. (1994). Australian Weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea). Vol. 2. Brentidae, Eurhynchidae, Apionidae and a chapter on immature stages by Brenda May. CSIRO, Australia, X + 755 p.
  • Senna, A. & Calabresi, E. (1919). Contribuzione allo studio dei Brentidi. Revisione del gruppo Hoplopisthi. Bollettino della Societa entomologica italiana, 50, 63 - 77.