Trigonopterus kakimerah
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Ordo: Coleoptera
Familia: Curculionidae
Genus: Trigonopterus
Name
Trigonopterus kakimerah Narakusumo & Riedel, 2021 sp. nov. – Wikispecies link – ZooBank link – Pensoft Profile
Diagnostic description
Holotype. Male (Fig. 10a). Length 2.30 mm. Color of antennae and legs ferruginous, remainder black. Body subovate; in dorsal aspect with weak constriction between pronotum and elytron; in profile dorsally convex. Rostrum punctate-rugose, in basal half with median and pair of submedian ridges, in apical half punctate. Pronotum with disk densely punctate, interspace subglabrous; median line impunctate. Elytra irregularly punctate with small punctures; interspaces subglabrous; along basal margin with denser punctures; stria 8 along humerus with five coarse punctures externally bordered by weak costa. Femora with anteroventral ridge crenulate, in metafemur shortened, forming blunt tooth. Metafemur dorsally with sparse slender scales; without distinct dorsoposterior edge; subapically with stridulatory patch. Abdominal ventrites 1–2 concave, subglabrous, sparsely punctate, microreticulate; ventrite 5 with shallow median impression, coarsely punctate, microreticulate. Penis (Fig. 10b) with sides of body subparallel to rounded apex; apodemes 2.0× as long as body of penis; endophallus with pair of elongate sclerites; transfer apparatus flagelliform, ca. 1.2× as long as body of penis, coiled up in apical portion of endophallus; ductus ejaculatorius without bulbus. Intraspecific variation. Length 2.28–2.35 mm. Female rostrum slender, dorsally subglabrous, with submedian row of punctures. Female ventrite 5 without median impression.
Material examined
Holotype (MZB, Cole.173.063): MZB0207 (GenBank OK481846), Indonesia, C-Sulawesi, Tojo Una-Una, Matako, Gn. Pompangeo, 01°35.603'S, 120°55.437'E to 01°35.406'S, 120°55.547'E, 1800 m, 29-II-2020, beaten. Paratype (MZB, SMNK): Indonesia, C-Sulawesi, Tojo Una-Una, Matako, Gn. Pompangeo: 1 ex, MZB0208 (GenBank OK481845), 01°35.264'S, 120°55.588'E to 01°35.339'S, 120°55.599'E, 1900 m, 29-II-2020, beaten; 2 exx, MZB0209 (GenBank OK481844), MZB0210 (GenBank OK481843), 01°35.264'S, 120°55.588'E to 01°35.339'S, 120°55.599'E, 1900 m, 26–27-II-2020, beaten; 1 ex, MZB0154 (GenBank OK481884), 01°35.197'S, 120°55.658'E to 01°35.154'S, 120°55.507'E, 1900 m, 28-II-2020.
Distribution
C-Sulawesi Prov. (Mt Pompangeo). Elevation 1800–1900 m.
Biology
On foliage in montane forest.
Etymology
This epithet is the Indonesian term for “red legs”. It is a noun in apposition.
Notes
Trigonopterus kakimerah sp. nov. was coded as “Trigonopterus sp. 1202”. This species may belong to the T. fulvicornis-group. The cox1 p-distance to other known species is above 14%.
Original Description
- Narakusumo, R; Riedel, A; 2021: Twenty-eight new species of Trigonopterus Fauvel (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) from Central Sulawesi ZooKeys, 1065: 29-79. doi
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