Phrissotrichum Schilsky, 1901

Morris, Michael G., Sw, London & Dt, Dorset, 2011, The Apionidae (Coleoptera) of the Canary Islands, with particular reference to the contribution of T. Vernon Wollaston, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 51 (1), pp. 157-182 : 162

Phrissotrichum Schilsky, 1901

One species.A distinctive, ‘bristly’ species with a pronounced brassy reflection, length 1.5–2.4

mm. ..................................................................... P. tubuliferum ( Wollaston, 1864) ( Fig. 2 )

Male rostrum shorter, about as long as pronotum. Female rostrum longer, as long as, or longer than, head and pronotum combined.

Figures

Figs. 1–4. Habitus of the Apionidae of Canary Islands. 1 – Perapion fallax (Wollaston, 1864), syntype, Wollaston Coll. (BMNH); 2 – Phrissotrichum tubuliferum (Wollaston, 1864), syntype, Wollaston Coll. (BMNH); 3 – Aspidapion acerifoliae Suppantschitsch, 1996, author’s Coll.; 4 – Aspidapion radiolus chalybeipenne (Wollaston, 1854), Wollaston Coll. (BMNH).