Devernodes alkippe, Grebennikov, 2018

Grebennikov, Vasily V., 2018, Discovery of Lymantini weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Molytinae) outside the Americas: Devernodes, a new genus for five new species from Southeast Asia, Zootaxa 4500 (3), pp. 363-380 : 367

Devernodes alkippe sp. n.

Figs 1A–G , 2A–G , 7A,B,G,H , 8A,B,G,H , 10 , 11 .

Diagnostic description. Holotype male ( Figs 1A–G , 7A,G , 8A,G ), body length 3.2 mm, DNA barcode GenBank accession number in Fig. 10 ; unique combination of morphological characters in Table 3.

Material examined. Holotype (currently in CNC, will be deposited in IZCAZ): “P. R. CHINA, Sichuan, Emei Shan, N 2933'56" E10321'24", 26.v.2011, 1829m, sift06, V.Grebennikov”, “CNCCOLVG00002288” . Paratypes ( CNC): 11 specimens, as in Fig. 10 , same locality as holotype .

Distribution. Known only from the type locality, Mount Emei in Sichuan, China ( Fig. 12 ). Elevation: 1,463 – 1,850 m.

Etymology. In Greek mythology the species epithet is a name of one of the seven sisters who, upon knowing that their father Alcyoneus has been killed by Heracles, threw themselves into the sea to be later transformed by Amphitrite, Poseidon's wife, into kingfisher birds ( Alcedinidae ); noun in apposition.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Devernodes alkippe sp. nov., holotype. A–D: habitus, dorsal (A), lateral (B), ventral (C), fronto-lateral (D); E–G: aedeagus, lateral (E), dorsal (F), ventral (G).

FIGURE 2. Devernodes alkippe sp. n., paratype 2345. A–D: habitus, dorsal (A), lateral (B), ventral (C), fronto-lateral (D); E– G: aedeagus, lateral (E), dorsal (F), ventral (G).

FIGURE 7. Devernodes, clades A–F, heads dorsal (A–F) and lateral (G–L), holotypes (A, C–F) and paratype 2345 (B). A,B,G,H: D. alkippe sp. n., C, I: D. asteria sp. n., D, J: D. chthonia sp. n., E, K: D. drimo sp. n., F, L: D. methone sp. n.

FIGURE 8. Devernodes, clades A–F, right antennae (A–F) and declivity of left elytron (G–L), holotypes (A, C–F) and paratype 2345 (B). A,B,G,H: D. alkippe sp. n., C, I: D. asteria sp. n., D, J: D. chthonia sp. n., E, K: D. drimo sp. n., F, L: D. methone sp. n. Numbering of elytral striae does not necessarily imply homology.

FIGURE 10. Neighbour-joining clustering of 26 DNA barcoded Devernodes type specimens performed using the online BOLD tree-building engine and Kimura 2-parameter. Branch length shown is proportional to relative divergence with scale bars indicating 0.02 units. Red dots denote illustrated specimens from each of six clusters; “HT” denotes holotypes; images are to scale. Unless otherwise indicated, all type specimens are stored in CNC.

FIGURE 11. Maximum Likelihood inference phylogram of Devernodes weevils from a three fragment dataset with 3223 aligned positions. Digits at internodes are bootstrap values of 60% and more. Branch length shown is proportional to relative divergence with scale bars indicating 0.2 units.

FIGURE 12. Geographical distribution of recent Lymantini. Northernmost limits in North America follow Anderson (2016); southernmost limits are based on country records (Alonso-Zarazaga & Lyal 1999) and are fuzzy to reflect uncertainty. New country records (Peru, Guyana, Surinam) are based on unpublished records of Ithaura (Robert Anderson, personal communication). Map design: Jessica Hsiung.