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03C0D345FFDA2B60C6F9FD89D13EFA0F.text	03C0D345FFDA2B60C6F9FD89D13EFA0F.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Spathaspina Ramesha and Mahendiran 2025	<div><p>Spathaspina Ramesha and Mahendiran, gen. nov.</p><p>(Type species: Spathaspina noohi Ramesha and Mahendiran, sp. nov)</p><p>http://zoobank.org/ urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 31EE3B2B-0BB2-4162-8678-5BED6D02C1F0</p><p>(Figs 1‒16)</p><p>Description: Head with rostrum parallel sided, widened or divergent after antennal insertion, surface rough with median carina from base till antennal insertion, median carina depressed at the middle of rostrum, punctate with recumbent whitish setae, scrobe reaches base of rostrum. Rostrum narrow basally, broader apically after antennal insertion. Eyes greyish white, oblong ovate, moderately convex. Pronotal disc sulcate, with two prominent tubercles on each side. Fore margin of prothorax slightly raised with small incision in the middle, pronotal spine long (0.93 mm), 0.6 x as long as pronotum. Elytra uneven, striae with deep punctures, tubercles with punctures bearing recumbent whitish setae. Legs robust, all femora toothed, metafemora stouter than pro- and mesofemora. Ventrally with sternal channel deep, extending to hind margin of mesosternum.</p><p>Notes about identification: Spathaspina closely resembles Cysmemoderes Colonnelli, 1992 in the tribe Mecysmoderini Wagner, 1938 .The genus Cysmemoderes differs markedly from all genera in the tribe Mecysmoderini by the following characters: anterior third of prontal disc sulcate and with two large prominent tubercles on each side; front margin of prothorax slightly raised with small incision in the middle; pronotal spine short; elytra uneven, the intervals bearing large prominent tubercles; striae sinuous; legs robust; femora toothed; metafemora stouter than others; sternal channel deep, scaled, extending to hind margin of metasternum. Spathaspina differs from Cysmemoderes in having head with rostrum parallel-sided, widened or divergent after point of antennal insertion, surface rough with median carina extended from base to point of antennal insertion, median carina depressed at middle of rostrum, rostrum punctate with recumbent whitish setae, scrobe reaching base of rostrum, rostrum narrow basally, broader apically after antennal insertion, eyes oblong oval, moderately convex.</p><p>Etymology: The genus is named after the long basal pronotal spine, “ Spathaspina ” meaning “long sword-like spine”. The gender is masculine.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C0D345FFDA2B60C6F9FD89D13EFA0F	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Ramesha, B.;Mahendiran, G.;Anooj, S. S.	Ramesha, B., Mahendiran, G., Anooj, S. S. (2025): Spathaspina Ramesha and Mahendiran, a new genus of Ceutorhynchinae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) from India. Zootaxa 5642 (6): 592-596, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5642.6.7, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5642.6.7
03C0D345FFDA2B62C6F9FA45D1AEF869.text	03C0D345FFDA2B62C6F9FA45D1AEF869.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Spathaspina noohi Ramesha and Mahendiran 2025	<div><p>Spathaspina noohi Ramesha and Mahendiran, sp. nov.</p><p>http://zoobank.org/ urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 42B932F4-640B-4D30-9F9B-2ED991562598</p><p>(Figs. 1‒16)</p><p>Material Examined: Holotype male, INDIA, Meghalaya, Umran, N25° 46' 13.5'' E91° 52' 8.7'' 781m, 14.v.2016, Coll. Anooj S.S.. Paratype: female, with same data (both specimens deposited at ICAR-NBAIR, Bengaluru. Karnataka- 560024) .</p><p>Description: Habitus as in Figs 15, 16; black in general appearance; antennae and tarsi reddish brown; femora and tibiae black with red tinge at tibial apex; integument black. Vestiture: Head moderately densely clothed with yellowish white narrow scales. Rostrum covered with same scaling on basal half but distally with long yellowish white, hair-like scales. Prothorax sparsely covered with white to yellowish white narrow scales, ocular lobes with vibrissae evident ventrally. Elytral interstriae with three rows of linear white hair-like scales at base of elytra, striae deep with single row of yellow hairy scale. Legs clothed moderately densely with white recumbent lanceolate scales; scales replaced with brownish hairs in apical part of tibiae. Prosternum densely clothed with golden yellowish, plumose scales in middle, sparsely so with narrow hair-like scales on sides. Mesosternum densely covered with golden yellow, plumose scales in middle; mesanepisterna sparsely clothed with greyish white long scales fringed with lanceolate scales along margins; mesepimeron fringed with long grey hair-like scales, more so on periphery. Metasternum densely covered with dark broad golden yellow scales on disc, sparsely covered with narrow grey scales on sides; metanepisterna sparsely covered with greyish white scales, fringed with white lanceolate scales along upper margin. Venter sparsely covered with dark hair-like scales mingled with greyish white lanceolate scales on sides; all the ventrites with lanceolate white hairy scales. Pygidium moderately covered with dark hair-like scales.</p><p>Head densely punctured, punctures broader, each puncture with white lanceolate scale, median carina extending from vertex to base of head. Area between eyes sunken; forehead moderately depressed, slightly narrower than base of rostrum at apex. Eyes strongly prominent, widely separated anteriorly. Rostrum robust, 0.67±0.12 times shorter than pronotum, abruptly curved in apical 2/3; dorsum densely punctured, strongly convex in basal 1/3, with a median carina from base to apex and laterally carinate, carina up to antennal insertion, rostral rugosely punctured apically, shining, sides subparallel to antennal insertion, then strongly expanded towards apex; antennal scrobes well separated along entire length (Figs. 1-‒2). Antennae inserted 2/3 from base of rostrum; scape nearly as long as funicular segments 1-7 combined; funicle 7 segmented (segment 1 slightly longer than 2; 2 slender, 1.04–1.7 times longer than 3; slightly longer than 4; 4 nearly as long as 5; 5 slightly longer than 6; 6 slightly longer and narrower than 7; 7 as long as wide); club lanceolate, finely pubescent. Pronotum 1.1 times wider than long, widest at base, sub-parallel sided from base to apical 1/3, then rapidly convergent towards strong subapical constriction; dorsum densely punctured with strong median carina running from apex to base, produced to form sharp spine to 1/3 of elytron, carina very prominent on anterior and posterior margin, between central carina two small carinae to middle of pronotum, with a pair of strong tubercles on either side of carina at middle of pronotum (Figs. 3‒4). Scutellar shield not exposed, hidden by basal pronotal spine. Elytra rhomboidal, 1.04-1.05 times wider than long, widest just behind humeri, slightly narrowed to middle, then convergent towards sub-apical calli, suture very evident; humeral calli strongly developed, each interval more or less strongly tuberculate; odd numbered intervals wider than even numbered ones; interval 1 without any tubercles; 2 with two medium tubercles just after middle; 3 with very large tubercles in middle and two medium tubercles in subapical and subbasal parts; 4 with medium-sized tubercles in middle and subbasal part; 5 with medium sized tubercle in middle and one large in subapical part; 6 with a row of small tubercles; 7 with large tubercle at apical end and one medium sized tubercle in middle; interval 8 with a row of small tubercles behind humerus; 9 with two large tubercles just behind humerus; 10 with row of small tubercles; tubercles acutely granulate, each bearing small grey hair like scales; striae sinuate, shallow but well-marked with small recumbent hairy scale (Fig. 5).</p><p>Legs slender; femora clavate, prominently toothed; hind femora stouter than others, tibiae gently curved, simple at apex, lacking mucro; corbel long, sinuate, fringed with golden slender setae; tarsi simple, lacking projection; claws appendiculate with large tooth (Fig. 7).</p><p>Sterna moderately punctured. Sternal canal shallow, not extending to posterior margin of fore coxae; mesosternal portion ridged laterally along entire length; ridges slightly projected over metasternum; metasternum raised over pro- and mesosternum. Venter coarsely but sparsely punctured; punctures becoming sparser and minute towards sides; ventrite 1 with inconspicuous small depression on disc; 2 with posterior margin medially produced into obtuse angle.</p><p>Female genitalia: Sternite 8 sclerotized, inverted Y shaped, apodeme little longer than arm (Fig. 10); ovipositor with hemisternite less sclerotized, longer with tubular styli at apex (Fig. 8); collum constricted at base, ramus distinct, nodulus larger, constricted, insertion of spermathecal duct and gland widely separated (Fig. 9).</p><p>Male genitalia: Aedeagus with median lobe curved in middle, well sclerotized at lateral edges, apex bluntly pointed, apophyses as along as median lobe; tegmen without parameres, short and thick (Figs. 11‒13); spiculum gastrale uniformly thick, slightly curved, apex blunt (Fig. 14).</p><p>Distribution: INDIA: Meghalaya.</p><p>Etymology: The species name is a Latinised form of the surname of Sri. P. B. Nooh, IAS (Indian Administrative Service), Director of Tourism, Government of Kerala, in honour and recognition of his contributions to eco-friendly tourism projects that protect nature in Kerala.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C0D345FFDA2B62C6F9FA45D1AEF869	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Ramesha, B.;Mahendiran, G.;Anooj, S. S.	Ramesha, B., Mahendiran, G., Anooj, S. S. (2025): Spathaspina Ramesha and Mahendiran, a new genus of Ceutorhynchinae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) from India. Zootaxa 5642 (6): 592-596, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5642.6.7, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5642.6.7
