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CC558786FFB8FF9C0AB74D19971F1F8D.text	CC558786FFB8FF9C0AB74D19971F1F8D.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Tesserocerina Strohmeyer 1914	<div><p>Tesserocerina Strohmeyer, 1914</p><p>Type genus. Tesserocerus Saunders, 1837: 155 .</p><p>Diagnosis. The subtribe Tesserocerina can be distinguished by: submentum separated from submental suture for most (at least half) of its length forming a deep cleft. Maxillary palps obliquely conical to digitiform; apical segment conical, not flattened nor posteriorly enveloped by subapical segment. Basal segments of labial palps separated. Pronotum with mycangial pores ovate (males may bear mycangia); in lateral view femoral groove broad, shallow, medially rounded, not or weakly visible in dorsal view. Protibia generally armed by a few ridges (1–3 (sometimes four)); terminal ridge consisting of a row of many small denticles on ventral margin of the protibia extending onto exterior margin. Procoxae contiguous. Metatibia armed by ridges and/or granules.</p><p>Remarks. Tesserocerina can be distinguished from the other Tesserocerini subtribe Diapodina by several characters including: (A), the procoxae, which in Diapodina are widely separated and shorter than the protibia, whereas Tesserocerina have procoxae which are contiguous and longer than the protibia; (B), the mycangial pores of Diapodina are circular or modified into continuous straight or curved slits, whereas the mycangial pores of Tesserocerina are elongate, and never forming continuous bars or slits; (C), the scutellum of Diapodina is conspicuous from dorsal view, large, parabola-shaped, whereas the scutellum of Tesserocerina is obscured from dorsal view, small, roughly triangular in shape; and (D) the metatibia of Diapodina is smooth, not armed by ridges nor granules, whereas the metatibia of Tesserocerina are armed by ridges and/or granules.</p><p>The classification of Tesserocerini needs revision, and most of the features we examined for Tesserocerina are not present in Diapodina, which should probably be reinstated as its own tribe.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/CC558786FFB8FF9C0AB74D19971F1F8D	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Levia, Nathaniel N.;Johnson, Andrew J.;Hulcr, Jiri	Levia, Nathaniel N., Johnson, Andrew J., Hulcr, Jiri (2026): A review of the enigmatic monotypic genus Spathicranuloides Schedl, 1972, with a diagnosis for the subtribe Tesserocerina Strohmeyer (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Platypodinae). Zootaxa 5748 (4): 589-596, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5748.4.8, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5748.4.8
CC558786FFBBFF9C0AB74ABA90BC18AE.text	CC558786FFBBFF9C0AB74ABA90BC18AE.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Spathicranuloides Schedl 1972	<div><p>Spathicranuloides Schedl 1972a: 135</p><p>= Spathicranuloides Schedl 1972b: 71 syn. by Alonzo-Zarazaga &amp; Lyal 2009: 20</p><p>Type species. Spathicranuloides moikui Schedl, 1972a: 135 .</p><p>Diagnosis. Spathicranuloides can be distinguished from the Paleotropical and Australasian Tesserocerini genera by: male head broadening at eye level, frons weakly impressed; female frons broad, concave, bordered by elongate gold setae. Deep punctures are present adjacent to mouthparts from the level of submentum to epistomal margin, bearing elongate coarse bristle-like setae. Antennae inserted below and anterior to eyes in males, funicle of both sexes 4-segmented (including pedicle). Female scape elongate, lachrymiform. Elytra with interstriae 1 impressed, lateral margin of elytra distally flanged. Posterior margin of male elytra irregularly dentate; females straight, with two small tumescences at lateral margins, and two small, flattened spines on declivital face. Abdominal ventrites 2 and 3 bearing conical spines.</p><p>Remarks. The placement of Spathicranuloides within Tesserocerini and Tesserocerina is confirmed by: mouthparts with a cleft at submental suture, maxillary palps obliquely conical, with apical segment not posteriorly enveloped by subapical segment; pronotal groove shallow, broad, apically rounded; protibia armed by few ridges, bearing a row of small denticles. The placement of the genus within Tesserocerina is confirmed by: procoxae contiguous, scutellum small and obscured, pronotum punctures elongate, and granulate metatibia.</p><p>Spathicranuloides is morphologically closest to the Afrotropical genus Chaetastus Nunberg (Fig. 4) with which it shares the following characteristics: females with frons deeply concave surrounded by long dense setae. Maxillary palps of both genera short; obliquely conical, apical segment stout.Antennal funicle 4-segmented (including pedicle). Pronotal groove less impressed than in other Tesserocerini genera. Protibia with similarly structured raised carinate row of denticles below ridges, apically extending on outer margin; both genera with granules in apical areas, two complete transverse ridges; bearing a subapical ridge on the apical mucro. Metatibia granulate, not bearing ridges.</p><p>The deeply concave female head is not unique among females of several Tesserocerini genera, which is also exhibited by the Afrotropical genera Chaetastus and Mitosoma Chapuis, and the Neotropical genus Cenocephalus Chapuis. However, the concave head is unique among the Tesserocerini genera known to occur in the Australasian region.</p><p>Spathicranuloides is unique among the Tesserocerini, due to the autapomorphic antennal insertion directly below and anterior to the eyes in males, and laterad of the expanded area of the head in females. Antennal insertion below the eyes is a feature only seen in males of the Neotropical Platypodini genus Amplioscapus Kirkendall. The spines on the abdominal ventrites are also unique among Tesserocerini, but a common feature among Platypodini genera.</p><p>Plant associations. Uncertain. A probable host is provided below.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/CC558786FFBBFF9C0AB74ABA90BC18AE	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Levia, Nathaniel N.;Johnson, Andrew J.;Hulcr, Jiri	Levia, Nathaniel N., Johnson, Andrew J., Hulcr, Jiri (2026): A review of the enigmatic monotypic genus Spathicranuloides Schedl, 1972, with a diagnosis for the subtribe Tesserocerina Strohmeyer (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Platypodinae). Zootaxa 5748 (4): 589-596, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5748.4.8, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5748.4.8
CC558786FFBBFF9B0AB74D9C911F1999.text	CC558786FFBBFF9B0AB74D9C911F1999.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Spathicranuloides moikui Schedl 1972	<div><p>Spathicranuloides moikui Schedl, 1972a: 135</p><p>= Spathicranuloides moikui Schedl, 1972b: 72 syn. by Alonzo-Zarazaga &amp; Lyal 2009: 20.</p><p>(Fig. 1–3)</p><p>Type locality. Tonolei, Bougainville, Papua New Guinea .</p><p>Diagnosis. The features that distinguish the genus will readily identify the species.</p><p>Amended description. Male. 5.4 mm in length, 3.1 times longer than broad (based on holotype and one paratype). Head in frontal view (Fig. 1C) broadening at eye level, frons weakly impressed, bearing few setae,</p><p>vertex weakly raised above frons. Head in lateral view (Fig. 1B) with the side from the mandible to below the eye, rectangular (allowing for reception of antennae), flat to weakly impressed in apical area near antennae; head broadening at eye level. Antennae inserted below and in front of eye; scape 2 times longer than broad at broadest width at level of attachment, roughly wedge shaped, bearing few elongate setae. Submentum roughly cordate in shape, separated from submental suture at mid length where suture forming a cleft; maxillary palps 3-segmented (combined basal two segments shorter than apical), stout, obliquely conical; labium roughly quadrate in shape broader at apical margin than origin; labial palps 3-segmented, basal segments not fused (elongate, slightly shorter than apical two combined), elongate coarse setae extending from deep punctures present adjacent to mouthparts between level of submentum to episomal margin (Fig. 2C). Pronotum in dorsal view (Fig. 1A, 3A) about 1.2 times longer than broad, lateral margins straight; medial sulcus extending 1/3 pronotal length from posterior margin; both sexes bearing large nearly triangular patches of punctures; in lateral view (Fig. 1B) femoral grooves shallow, apical margin medially weakly upcurved. Elytra in dorsal view (Fig. 1A, 3A) about 3.5 times longer than broad; interstriae 1 impressed for entire length; interstriae 3–5 with impressed areas present in proximal 1/4 of elytra, in lateral view (Fig. 1A); lateral margin of elytra distally flanged (Fig. 2E), apical flange bearing a row of serrations to declivity, apically infected inward to declivity in distal 1/3, covering ventral flange in lateral view (Fig. 1B); ventral flange bearing a short, pointed spine at level of interstriae; bearing tiny granules in between flanges (Fig. 2E); posterior margin of elytra (Fig. 1A, B, 2E) asymmetrically armed with small, short dentations. Abdominal ventrites rising dorsally to meet the posterior margin of elytra; ventrites 2 and 3 raised above the other ventrites, and bearing conical spines near lateral margins (spines of ventrite 2 proximally closer than those of ventrite 3); abdominal ventrite 5 medially concave (Fig. 2B). Procoxae contiguous. Protibia armed by two complete transverse ridges, and a few incomplete ridges, with some apical granulations, row of dentation extending from ventral margin up outer margin; protibia bearing a lateral spine at tarsal attachment, a subapical ridge present above spine.</p><p>Female. Similar to male except: Body 5.6 mm (based on one paratype) in length. Frons in frontal view (Fig. 3C) broad, subtriangular, deeply concave, bordered by elongate dense gold setae obscuring concavity; apical margin of concavity near vertex concavely impressed in dorsal view (Fig. 3A). Antennae inserted just below eye level; scape extending to apical margin of mandibles, elongate, lachrymiform in shape, broadening distally, three times as long as broadest width, apical margin bearing elongate gold setae which sits above the frons; funicle extending from apical 1/4. In dorsal view (Fig. 3A) apical margin of elytral disc weakly rounded, with raised serpentine carina on dorsal side between interstriae 1–6; in lateral view (Fig. 3B) distal 1/4 inflected to declivity, flanged, dorsal margin serrate. Apical margin of elytral declivity from dorsal view (Fig. 3A) straight, bearing short marginally placed tumescences at interstriae 5; declivital face short, with short spines present on lateral margins by interstriae 3. Spines on abdominal ventrite 3 smaller than those of male; spines of ventrite 2 reduced to small tumescences.</p><p>Remarks. Schedl (1972b) and Schedl (1978) recorded that the holotype and allotype were sent to the Australian National Insect Collection (ANIC). We located the holotype at NHMW, but the allotype was not present. The allotype is also not present in ANIC and is presumed missing (James Bickerstaff, pers. comm.). Schedl (1972b) also reported paratypes were deposited in the Department of Forests, Bulolo Papua New Guinea, but we were unable to confirm their presence (J.H. pers. obs.). Schedl (1978) also stated that two males and two females were in Schedl Collection which we can confirm (N.N.L., pers. obs.). Neither Schedl (1972b, 1978) state how many paratypes were allegedly sent to the Department of Forests, Bulolo.</p><p>Plant associations. Uncertain. The collection information of the holotype label and Schedl (1972b) indicate that the holotype was collected from “freshly fallen ‘white wood’”, probably referring to Endospermum medullosum ( Euphorbiaceae) which has the common name of Whitewood (Thomson 2006). Most platypodines are host taxon generalists and instead specialize on a certain stage of tree death and decay (Hulcr et al. 2007).</p><p>Distribution. Bougainville Island, Autonomous Region of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea.</p><p>Type material examined. HOLOTYPE: In freshly fallen / white wood // ♂ // Bougainville Dist. / Tonolei / 9.V.1969 / B. Gray s372 // Type / Treptoplatypus / moikui / K. E. Schedl // 12,798 // NHMW-ZOO- / COL-0070602 (NHMW, male) . PARATYPES: Bougainville Dist. / Tonolei / 9.V.1969 / B. Gray s372 // ♂ // Paratype / Spathicranuloides / moikui / K. E. Schedl // [one with] NHMW-ZOO / COL-0071168 (NHMW, 2 males). Bougainville Dist. / Tonolei / 9.V.1969 / B. Gray s372 // ♀ // Paratype / Spathicranu / loides mokui // K. E. Schedl // NHMW-ZOO- / COL-0070603 (NHMW, female). Bougainville Dist. / Tonolei / 9.V.1969 / B. Gray s372 // ♀ // Dauerpräparat / Nr. 3395 / mentum, / Galae, Lae // coll. Schedl // Paratype / Spathicranuloides / moikui / K. E. Schedl (NHMW, female) .</p><p>Other Tesserocerini examined. Chaetastus tuberculatus: Uganda, Afr. / Antiaris / toxicarid // Gardner / 1062 // S. L. Wood / Collection // Specimen Imaged // USNMENT / 01915204 (NMNH, male). Type // Kamerun / Conradt // USNMENT / 01915207 // Symmerus / tuberculatus / ♀ Chapuis / Determ. Strohmeyer (NMNH, female) . Cameroon UFFE43358 [specimen for DNA barcoding] (UFFE, female) .</p><p>Diapus quadrispinatus: CHINA: NW Yunnan / Yulongxueshan NP / near Baishui / ca. 30km N Lijiang // 2900 – 3200m / 7. – 11.7.1994 / leg. Schillhammer (17) // Diapus / quadrispinatus / ♂ / Det. NNLevia 2025 // UFFE43836 (NHMW, male) .</p><p>Genyocerus albipennis: SRI LANKA: Rat. Dist. / Gilimale / 17 May 1975 / S. L. Wood / Collected / in / flight // USNMENT / 01915190 // S.L. Wood / Collection // Genyocerus / albipennis / S.L. Wood [19] 75 Mots. (NMNH, male).</p><p>Mitosoma crenulatum: MADAGASCAR: / Perinet / XI-7-1959 // E. S. Ross / Collector // 24. Mitosoma /? Planum Schauf. // Mitosoma / crenulatum Chap. / comp. Schedl sp. // Mitosoma / crenulatum / comp. Schedl Chap. / S.L. Wood spec. [19]65 // S.L. Wood / Collection // USNMENT / 01915217 (NMNH, male). MADAGASCAR: / Perinet / XI-7-1959 // Mercury Vapor / Lamp in Forest / E.S. Ross // Mitosoma ♀ / crenulatum Chap. / comp. Schedl ♀ // S.L. Wood / Collection // 42 // USNMENT / 01915218 // Specimen Images (USNM, female).</p><p>Notoplatypus elongatus: AUSTRALIA / S. F.997 Noosa / 28-VI-1973 // Eucalyptus / acuminoides // S.L. Wood / Collection // USNMENT / 01915203 (NMNH, male) .</p><p>Spathidicerus thomsoni: SABAH / Trus Madi / Crocker Range / 18/2/[20]03 // Spathidicerus / thomsoni / Chapuis // 7677 (UFFE, female).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/CC558786FFBBFF9B0AB74D9C911F1999	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Levia, Nathaniel N.;Johnson, Andrew J.;Hulcr, Jiri	Levia, Nathaniel N., Johnson, Andrew J., Hulcr, Jiri (2026): A review of the enigmatic monotypic genus Spathicranuloides Schedl, 1972, with a diagnosis for the subtribe Tesserocerina Strohmeyer (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Platypodinae). Zootaxa 5748 (4): 589-596, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5748.4.8, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5748.4.8
