Javaulius mixtus Marshall

Riedel, Alexander, 2024, Taxonomic review of weevils of the tribe Celeuthetini, mainly from Sundaland, Sulawesi and the Lesser Sunda Islands (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Entiminae), Zootaxa 5464 (1), pp. 1-75 : 33

Javaulius mixtus Marshall

Javaulius mixtus Marshall, 1956: 63–64 . Type locality: W-Java, Mt. Pangrango .

Description. Holotype ( Fig. 17a ). Length. Pronotum plus elytron 3.38 mm. Integument ferruginous to black, largely covered with appressed, brown, markedly microgranulate scales. Head with transverse angulate sulcus separating rostral base deeply incised, leading ventrad in front of eye; vertex with radial furrows distinct. Eyes convex. Rostrum shorter than wide (0.83 X), parallel-sided; apical declivity subglabrous, with sparse erect setae; dorsum medially with glabrous costa, posteriorly with median longitudinal impression. Pronotum 1.06 X longer than wide; coarsely punctate; medially with fine glabrous costa, in posterior half undulating and indistinct. Elytra 1.27 X as long as wide; dorsally weakly convex; intervals with rows of erect, curved, claviform scales; sutural interval slightly raised; interval 6 at middle with distinct elongate swelling; with 12 striae; stria 5, 7–8 abbreviated at base and apex. Genitalia. Penis ( Fig. 17b ) with sides of body subparallel to subangulate apex. Apodeme 2.29 X as long as body of penis. Transfer apparatus straight, in apical third curved.

Material examined. Holotype, by monotypy, male: INDONESIA, West Java Prov.: Mt. Pangrango , 7,000– 10,000 ft, I.1936, leg. L.E. Cheesman; labels ( Fig. 17c ); condition: fair, tarsus of left mid leg broken and missing; genitalia in glycerol in microtube; DNA extraction ARC4018 (GenBank # OR557435) ( BMNH).

Notes. Marshall (1956) based the original description on a single specimen.

Figures

FIGURE 17. Javaulius mixtus Marshall, holotype: (a) Habitus (b) Penis (c) Labels.