Harpapion considerandum
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Ordo: Coleoptera
Familia: Apionidae
Genus: Harpapion
Name
Harpapion considerandum (Fåhraeus, 1871) – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
Remarks
Pygidium subsemicircular in dorsal view, 0.83× as long as wide, apical flange strongly raised, transverse sulcus deep (Figure 5–6).
Genitalia and terminalia
Ninth sternite (spiculum gastrale) Y-shaped, slender and nearly symmetrical, not winged, manubrium about 1.21× as long as arms (Figure 7). Penis in dorsal view with pedon gradually and distinctly constricted apicad from apical 1/3, apex rounded, tectum apically constricted; temones moderately elongate, about 0.76× as long as pedon; in side view pedon extremely incurved at apical 1/4, nearly forming a 60° angle, with apical plate slightly recurved at extreme apex, without projections; endophallus with dense tiny spicules (Figures 3–4). Tegminal plate articulated with free ring, laterally developed, enveloping; parameroid lobes with apical membranous area long, bearing two tufts of visible microchaetae apically; basal sclerotized area elongate, front margin weakly sinuate medially, bearing 4 long macrochaetae dorsolaterally on each side; fenestrae large, not separated; linea arquata visible; prostegium bidentate, teeth elongate, curved; median unsclerotized strip elongate and nearly reaching the anterior margin of fenestrae. Manubrial apex asymmetrically broadened (Figures 1–2).
Materials
1♂: (white, printed): Magila / E. Africa / A. V. Legros / 98-190; (white, printed and handwritten): Wagner det. ♂ / considerandum Fåhr.; 1♀: (white, handwritten): X. 1983 / in clove tree / CIEA15888; (white, handwritten): Tanzania / Zanjibar / Kitunda; (white, printed): pres by: Comm Inst Ent B. M. 1984-1. Specimens in the NHM.
Distribution
Harpapion considerandum s. str. has been recorded from the following African countries: Guinea, Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo (ex Zaire), Chad, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Angola, Zimbabwe and South Africa (Eastern Cape, Western Cape and Natal) (Balfour-Browne 1944[1]; Beguin-Billecocq 1910[2]; Fåhraeus 1871[3]; Hoffmann 1968a[4], 1968b[5]; Hustache 1929[6], 1939[7]; Marshall 1940[8]; Voss 1959[9], 1966[10], 1974[11]; Wagner 1911[12]). Two subspecies, whose status is doubtful, have been recorded as follows: ssp. circumscriptum (Hartmann, 1897) from Senegal, Guinea, Mali, Nigeria and Tanzania (Hartmann 1897[13]; Voss 1966[10]); and ssp. combustum (Wagner, 1908) from Tanzania and Angola (Marshall 1953[14]; Wagner 1908[15]).
Taxon Treatment
- Wang, Z; Alonso-Zarazaga, M; Zhang, R; 2013: A taxonomic study on the genus Harpapion Voss, 1966 from China (Coleoptera, Apionidae) ZooKeys, 358: 25-44. doi
Other References
- ↑ Balfour-Browne J (1944) A contribution to the study of the fauna of Ukerewe Island, Victoria Nyanza (Col. Curc. Apioninae). Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society 18: 55-60.
- ↑ Beguin-Billecocq L (1910) List of species of the coleopterous genus Apion (Curculionidae) in the collection of the South African Museum, and descriptions of new species. Annals of the South African Museum 5(8): 429-432.
- ↑ Fåhraeus O (1871) Coleoptera Caffrariae, annis 1838–1845 a J. A. Wahlberg collecta. Curculionides descripsit. Öfversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-akademiens förhandlingar 28(2): 197-291.
- ↑ Hoffmann A (1968a) Coléoptères Curculionides récoltés au Tchad et au Cameroun par MM. J. Gruvel et J. Péricart en 1962–1963. Bulletin de l’IFAN, (A) 30(1): 151-187.
- ↑ Hoffmann A (1968b) The Scientific Results of the Hungarian Soil Zoological Expedition to the Brazzaville-Congo. 32. Espèces de la famille Curculionidae (Coleoptera). Opuscula Zoologica, Budapest, 8(1): 11-29.
- ↑ Hustache A (1929) Insectes Coléoptères. XIX. Curculionidae. Voyage de Ch. Alluaud et R. Jeannel en Afrique Orientale (1911–12) Résultats scientifiques. Insectes Coléoptères 19: 367–560, 2 pl.
- ↑ Hustache A (1939) Mission Scientifique de l’Omo. Coleoptera. XX. Curculionidae. Mémoires du Muséum national d’Histoire Naturelle 9(50): 175-272.
- ↑ Marshall G (1940) Coryndon Memorial Museum Expedition to the Chyulu Hills. VII. The weevils (Col. Curculionidae) of the Chyulu Hills, Kenya. Coleoptera. Part 2. Journal of the East Africa and Uganda Natural History Society 15: 36–73, pl. 9.
- ↑ Voss E (1959) Bemerkungen zu einigen Apionen, vorwiegend typischen Exemplaren aus dem Musée Royal du Congo Belge (Col. Curc.). Revue de Zoologie et Botanique Africaines, 60(3–4): 313-325.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Voss E (1966) Über äthiopische und madagassische Apioninen (Col.), vorwiegend aus den Sammlungen des Museums G. Frey (170. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Curculioniden). Ent. Arb. Mus. Georg. Frey 17: 193-325.
- ↑ Voss E (1974) Coleoptera Curculionidae partim. In: Hanström B Brinck P Rudebeck G (Eds) South African Animal Life 15: 395-479.
- ↑ Wagner H (1911) Zur Kenntnis der Apionfauna des Congogebietes. Revue de Zoologie Africaine 1: 256-260.
- ↑ Hartmann F (1897) Neue Rüssel-Käfer aus Deutsch-Ostafrika. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 1897(1): 81-96.
- ↑ Marshall G (1953) On a collection of Curculionidae (Coleoptera) from Angola. Publicaçoes culturais da Companhia de Diamantes de Angola 16: 99-119.
- ↑ Wagner H (1908) 7. Coleoptera. 9. Apioninae. In: Sjöstedt Y (Ed) Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Schwedischen zoologischen Expedition nach dem Kilimandjaro, dem Meru und den umgebenden Massaisteppen Deutsch-Ostafrikas 1905–1906, unter Leitung von Prof. Dr. Yngve Sjöstedt 1(7) [1910]: 95-104.
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