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Howeius Mantilleri 2011, n.gen.
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Description
Howeius n.gen.
Lord Howe Genus A, Zimmerman, 1991: 157; 1994: 215.
Type species. Howeius micropterus n.sp.
Diagnosis. Prorostrum longer than 0.5× the length of head + metarostrum + mesorostrum; mesorostrum with a small projection on either side under antennal base. Metasternum and sternites III–IV laterally not carinate. Sternites V–VI smooth, without basal notch; VII with two latero-apical depressions and no basal notch or apical fovea. Gonocoxites (Fig. 33) fused at base; apex with a strong sclerotized lateral tooth; styli apical, reduced.
Remarks. The characters given in the diagnosis of the genus are not repeated in the description of the new species below.
Notes
Published as part of Mantilleri, Antoine, 2011, Revision of the Tribe Microtrachelizini Zimmerman, 1994, from Australia: New Taxa and Records (Insecta: Coleoptera, Brentidae), pp. 89-98 in Records of the Australian Museum 63 (1) on page 93, DOI: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.63.2011.1555, http://zenodo.org/record/5239431
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Additional details
Biodiversity
- Family
- Brentidae
- Genus
- Howeius
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Mantilleri
- Taxonomic status
- gen. nov.
- Taxon rank
- genus
- Taxonomic concept label
- Howeius Mantilleri, 2011
References
- Zimmerman, E. C., 1991. Australian Weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea). Volume 5. Colour Plates 1 - 304. CSIRO, Australia, X + 633 pp.
- Zimmerman, E. C., 1994. Australian Weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea). Volume 2. Brentidae, Eurhynchidae, Apionidae and a chapter on immature stages by Brenda May. CSIRO, Australia, X + 755 pp.