Perapion Wagner, 1907

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

Perapion Wagner, 1907

One species. A depressed, oblong-oval weevil, length 2.4–3.2 mm; elytra somewhat brassy,

rostrum only feebly curved. ............................................ P. fallax ( Wollaston,1864) ( Fig. 1 )

Male rostrum shorter, about as long as pronotum, and duller, more strongly and closely punctured; first segment of hind tarsus with an inwardly-projecting tooth. Female rostrum longer, much longer than pronotum, and more shining, less strongly and closely punctured; first segment of hind tarsus without a tooth.

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).