Auletobius Desbrochers, 1869

Young, Julia Janicki Daniel K., 2021, Survey of the Attelabidae of Wisconsin (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea), Insecta Mundi 2021 (891), pp. 1-61 : 23

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.12808389

publication LSID

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persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039AFF58-FFD1-221A-86D9-F139C5A345C9

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scientific name

Auletobius Desbrochers
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Genus Auletobius Desbrochers View in CoL

Type species. Involvulus sanguisorbae Schrank, 1798 View in CoL , subsequent designation by Legalov (2001).

Generic diagnosis. Auletobius View in CoL can be recognized by the randomly punctured elytra (except in A. cassandrae View in CoL ), by the slender rostrum, by the unexposed pygidium, by the absence of the scutellary striole, and by the strongly convex, protuberant eyes.

Key to Wisconsin species of adult Auletobius species

1. Size 3.3–3.8mm; integument black, clothed with fine, gray pubescence; antennae inserted at middle of rostrum............................................................... A. ater (LeConte) View in CoL

— Size 1.8–2.2mm; integument brownish yellow, clothed with fine, yellow pubescence; antennae inserted at basal ¼ of rostrum.............................................. A. cassandrae (LeConte) View in CoL

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Attelabidae

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