Synorchestes grisescens Voss

Ayri, Shaloo, Kojima, Hiroaki & Y, R A M A M U Rt H, 2012, Flea weevils of the genus Synorchestes Voss (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Curculioninae, Rhamphini), with description of a second species from India, Zootaxa 3568, pp. 74-80 : 80

Synorchestes grisescens Voss

( Figs. 5–8 , 19–20, 25–26 )

Synorchestes grisescens Voss, 1958: 103 (habitus illustration; China); Morimoto & Miyakawa, 1996: 76 (habitus photo and figures of ventral body, head and rostrum, hind leg and its femoral apodeme, antenna of male; Taiwan); Kojima & Morimoto, 1996: 116 (figures of male tergite, metendosternite, spermatheca and spiculum ventrale).

Description See Voss (1958) and Morimoto & Miyalawa (1996) for description except genitalia ( Figs. 5–8 , 9–12 , 19–20, 25–26 ): aedeagus with short setae on anterior margin (as in S. indicus ); spiculum gastrale longer than aedeagal body; bladal part of female sternite 8 longer than apodeme; spermatheca with ramus not developed.

This species is very similar to S. indicus except for the characters provided in the key.

Specimens examined. 1 male, Holotype (preserved in the Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig, Bonn); 1 female, Shi Nan Shanm near Liu Kui, S-Taiwan, 29.IV.1986, K. Baba (ELKU); 1 male, Shan Piug (1000 m), nea Liu Kui, S-Taiwan, 29.IV.1986, K. Baba (ELKU); 1 female, near Liukuei, Kaosiung Hs., Taiwan, 5–9.iv.1995, H. Kojima (ELKU).

Distribution. China (Fukien), Taiwan.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 8. Habitus photographs. Synorchestes indicus sp. nov. adult- dorsal and lateral view 1 – 2, male, 3 – 4, female; Synorchestes grisescens Voss, adult- dorsal and lateral view 5 – 6, male; 7 – 8, female.

FIGURES 19 – 30. Synorchestes grisescens Voss, antennal club 19. male, 20. female, hind tarsi 25. male, 26. Female; Synorchestes indicus sp. nov., antennal club 21. male, 22. female, hind tarsi 23. male, 24. female; 27. elytral striae, 28. female with exposed pygidium, 29. Male with exposed pygidium and propygidium, 30. scraper for stirdulatory organ of 7 th tergite.

FIGURES 9 – 18. Synorchestes grisescens Voss, Male genitalia- aedeagus and tegmen, 9. dorsal view 10. lateral view; 11, male sternite 8 and spiculum gastrale, Female genitalia, 12. spermatheca, 13. sternite 8; Synorchestes indicus sp. nov., Male genitalia- aedeagus and tegmen, 14. dorsal view 15. lateral view; 16, male sternite 8 and spiculum gastrale, Female genitalia, 17. spermatheca, 18. sternite 8.