Copturomorpha Champion, 1906b: 65

Anzaldo, Salvatore S., 2017, Review of the genera of Conoderinae (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) from North America, Central America, and the Caribbean, ZooKeys 683, pp. 51-138 : 71-72

Copturomorpha Champion, 1906b: 65 Fig. 75

Type species.

Copturomorpha interrupta Champion, 1906 [by original designation].

Gender.

Feminine.

Diagnosis.

Like Copturomimus , Copturomorpha can only be distinguished from a much larger genus ( Eulechriops ) by the presence of a striolate patch dorsally on the profemur, and shares the short second funicular article that is not longer than the first, the unarmed and non-carinate metafemora and the excavate mesoventrite.

Notes.

The presence of the striolate patch on the dorsal surface of the profemora is shared only with Copturomimus , where the patch is typically larger and more coarsely striolate. Copturomorpha will key out to Eulechriops if that character is overlooked - it is often indistinct and obscured by scales. Several South American species described in the genus by Hustache (1938) have a second funicular article that is longer than the first and a carinate and toothed hind femora in addition to the excavated mesoventrite, necessitating further study on the identity of Copturomorpha and the species currently placed there.

Keys .

Champion 1906b: 65 (for Central America).

Phylogenetic relationships.

The combination of characters from the antenna, mesoventrite, and femora place Copturomorpha in a hypothesized genus complex including Eulechriops ; whether the striolate femoral patch identifies a natural group separate from or within Eulechriops needs investigation.

Host associations.

Hosts of all described species are unknown; Fassbender (2013) and Fassbender et al. (2014) reared specimens from branches of Lecythidaceae that potentially represent a species of this genus.

Described species.

Eight species are known from the focal region (one species described by Hespenheide 2011) and an additional 16 species are known from South America ( Wibmer and O’Brien 1986: 271).

Range.

U.S.A.: Texas, Mexico, Guatemala, Panama; South America.

Figures

Figures 75 - 78. Lateral and dorsal habitus images of Lechriopini. 75 a-b Copturomorpha sp. [ASUHIC 0086641] 76 a-b Copturus aurivillianus [ASUHIC 0024140] 77 a-b Coturpus arcuatus [ARTSYS 0000531] 78 a-b Cylindrocopturinus pictus [SSAC 0001288]. Scale bars = 2 mm.