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Trigonopterus punctatoseriatus
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Ordo: Coleoptera
Familia: Curculionidae
Genus: Trigonopterus
Name
Trigonopterus punctatoseriatus Riedel sp. n. – Wikispecies link – ZooBank link – Pensoft Profile
Diagnostic description
Holotype, male (Fig. 62a). Length 1.88 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 with median ridge and pair of submedian ridges, intervening furrows each with sparse row of mesad directed setae; epistome simple. Pronotum with coarse punctures partly forming longitudinal rows; each puncture containing long recumbent seta; interspaces subglabrous, especially midline. Elytra with striae distinct; each puncture containing one recumbent seta; intervals flat, subglabrous. Femora with simple, crenate anteroventral ridge. Metafemur subapically with stridulatory patch. Metatibia apically with uncus, without premucro. Abdominal ventrite 5 coarsely punctate, sparsely setose, flat. Penis (Fig. 62b) with sides of body subparallel; apex sparsely setose, converging to median triangular extension, curved ventrad; transfer apparatus compact, symmetrical, with two pair of tendons attached; laterally with pair of sickle-shaped sclerites; apodemes 2.8 × as long as body; ductus ejaculatorius without bulbus. Intraspecific variation. Length 1.84–2.00 mm. Female rostrum in apical half dorsally subglabrous, punctate.
Material examined
Holotype (MZB): ARC1497 (EMBL # LM655595), West Nusa Tenggara Prov., Sumbawa, Tepal, Pc. Nengas, sample 2, S08°35.884', E117°08.384', 1310 m, 15-IV-2010. Paratypes (MZB, SMNK, ZSM): West Nusa Tenggara Prov., Sumbawa: 1 ex, ARC1498 (EMBL # LM655596), same data as holotype; 1 ex, ARC1535 (EMBL # LM655633), Tepal, Pc. Nengas, sample 5, S08°35.740', E117°08.721',1330 m, 16-IV-2010; 2 exx, Tepal, Pc. Nengas, sample 6, S08°35.533', E117°08.605',1350 m, 16-IV-2010; 1 ex, ARC1518 (EMBL # LM655616), Batu Dulang, Mt. Batu Pasak, sample 2, S08°37.028', E117°15.783', 1305 m, 12-IV-2010; 1 ex, ARC1528 (EMBL # LM655626), Batu Dulang, Mt. Batu Pasak, sample 3, S08°37.524', E117°15.423', 1385 m, 18-IV-2010.
Distribution
West Nusa Tenggara Prov., Sumbawa (Batu Dulang, Tepal). Elevation: 1305–1385 m.
Etymology
This epithet is based on a combination of the Latin participles punctatus (punctate) and seriatus (in rows) and refers to the elytral sculpture.
Notes
Trigonopterus punctatoseriatus Riedel, sp. n. was coded as “Trigonopterus sp. 287” by Tänzler et al. (2014)[1].
Original Description
- Riedel, A; Tänzler, R; Balke, M; Rahmadi, C; Suhardjono, Y; 2014: Ninety-eight new species of Trigonopterus weevils from Sundaland and the Lesser Sunda Islands ZooKeys, (467): 1-162. doi
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Other References
- Jump up ↑ Tänzler R, Toussaint E, Suhardjono Y, Balke M, Riedel A (2014) Multiple transgressions of Wallace’s Line explain diversity of flightless Trigonopterus weevils on Bali. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 281: 20132528. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2013.2528
