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Pseudoculio Pelsue & O'Brien, 2011, gen. n.

Description

Pseudoculio gen. n.

Type species: Balaninus discreticoxis (Marshall, 1919), by present designation.

Diagnosis: This new genus with Curculio discreticoxis (Marshall) Marshall (1919) from Malaysian Borneo as type species of the genus is placed in the new subtribe Labaninina. It is distinguished from the remainder of the Curculionini by the following: elytra lacking laterobasal process extending under basolateral pronotum; procoxae enclosed, with process of prosternum separating procoxae; male metatibiae with inner bifid process exceeding apex in some species, female with short mucro; profemur not distinctly bent basally; metafemur with small nodule on dorsal surface of clava; tarsal claws with short accessory tooth; anterior margin of prosternum emarginate; metepisternum rectangular (Fig. 20); sternum I fused medially with sternum II, laterally sutures evident; posterolateral margin of sternum II covering anterolateral margin of sternum III or not; sternum V large, convex, as long as or longer than sterna III+IV.

Notes

Published as part of Pelsue, Frank W. & O'Brien, Charles W., 2011, A redefinition of the Curculionini of the world, with a key to subtribes and genera, and two new genera: Pseudoculio and Megaoculis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Curculioninae), pp. 27-49 in Zootaxa 3102 on page 34, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.203409

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Curculionidae
Genus
Pseudoculio
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Coleoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Taxonomic status
gen. nov.
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Pseudoculio Pelsue & O'Brien, 2011

References

  • Marshall, G. A. K. (1919) On the Species of Balaninus occurring in Borneo (Coleoptera, Curculionidae). Proceedings Zoological Society of London, 16, 365 - 397.