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| Panolcus filirostris Anderson. 2024 |
Abstract
A second species of the genus Panolcus Gerstaecker, 1860 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Molytinae: Cryptorhynchini) from French Guiana and Suriname is described and compared with Panolcus scolopax Gerstaecker, 1860. Diagnostic characters and images are provided to facilitate identification. Adults were collected in a fruit of Duguetia surinamensis R.E. Fr. (Annonaceae). The genus Panolcus is transferred from Aedemonina (Cryptorhynchini) to Cryptorhynchina (Cryptorhynchini). The type species of Thrasyomus Pascoe, 1880 is here designated as Thrasyomus tumens Pascoe, 1880 and the species Thrasyomus uniformis Champion, 1905 is transferred from the genus Thrasyomus to Eubulus Kirsch, 1869 as Eubulus uniformis (Champion, 1905), new combination.
Coleoptera, biodiversity, species discovery, weevils
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| female Panolcus filirostris, ventral. |
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| 7–12. Panolcus male habitus and aedeagus images. 7, Panolcus filirostris habitus, lateral; 8, Panolcus filirostris habitus, dorsal; 9, Panolcus filirostris habitus, ventral; 10, Panolcus filirostris aedeagus, dorsal view; 11, Panolcus filirostris aedeagus, lateral view; 12, Panolcus scolopax aedeagus, dorsal view. |
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| Mature fruit of Duguetia surinamensis R.E. Fr. (Annonaceae) from which Panolcus filirostris specimens were collected (photograph by G. Bittencourt-Silva) |
Panolcus filirostris Anderson, new species
Diagnosis: Body length 10.8–11.0 mm in females, 9.5–9.8 mm in males, width 5.0–5.5 mm in females, 4.8–5.0 mm in males. Rostrum in female about twice as long as elytra, apex of rostrum reaching far beyond apex of elytra (by almost length of elytra) when in repose, of male, reaching to level of posterior margin of mesocoxae. Pronotum very strongly tubulate anteriorly in female, less so in male. Femora and tibiae proportionally slenderer in both sexes (although slightly less so in male), profemora about 4 x as long as width at base, protibiae about 7–8 x as long as maximum width. Protarsus with tarsomere 1 longer than tarsomeres 2–5 in female, shorter than tarsomeres 2–5 in male. Aedeagus with lateral margins subparallel, each with acute angle (but no tooth) at point of constriction.
Robert S. Anderson. 2024. A second species of the Genus Panolcus Gerstaecker 1860 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Molytinae: Cryptorhynchini) from French Guiana and Suriname with Taxonomic Changes in Cryptorhynchini. Zootaxa. 5437(1); 15-20. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5437.1.2
