Baiocis sublunaris (Schedl), 2018

Beaver, Roger A., 2018, A review of the genus Baiocis Browne, 1962 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Platypodinae), with new species, new synonymy and a key to males, Zootaxa 4434 (3), pp. 481-501 : 497

Baiocis sublunaris (Schedl)

Crossotarsus sublunaris Schedl, 1937: 544 .

Baiocis sublunaris ( Schedl): Schedl 1972 : 143.

Taxonomy: This is by far the largest species of Baiocis , the male measuring 4.7 mm, and the female 5.0 mm long. Only one male and one female syntypes are known (NMW, examined) collected in an unspecified locality in Southeast Borneo. As noted by Wood and Bright (1992), Schedl's (1978) citation of a male holotype and female allotype is invalid. To ensure correct and consistent application of the name, the male in NMW bearing the labels: Borneo/ [male sign]/ Type Platypus sublunaris K.E.Schedl / Crossotarsus sublunaris Schedl / Holotypus Crossotarsus sublunaris Schedl , is here designated lectotype. The female syntype becomes a paralectotype. Schedl's (1937) original description fails to mention that the first ventrite has a small, median triangular spine projecting over the base of the second ventrite, which is unarmed. The male metanepisternum bears two minute tubercles anteriorly.

Distribution: Indonesia (Kalimantan).

Biology: Unknown.