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03D76E49A479B422FDE4DF681376FE12.text	03D76E49A479B422FDE4DF681376FE12.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Endaeus lenticulatus Haran 2026	<div><p>Endaeus lenticulatus Haran sp. nov.</p><p>urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: FEA84F8A-7B47-48B8-B2A4-729CE9545D17</p><p>Figs 1–2</p><p>Differential diagnosis</p><p>Endaeus lenticulatus Haran sp. nov. can be distinguished from the other known Afrotropical species of the genus by the following combination of characters: large size (4.0– 4.5 mm), lenticular orange ochre elytra and black rostrum and funicle. It is morphologically closely related to E. castus, but the integument of the later species is uniformly pale brown. The two species show an uncorrected p -distance for the COI barcode fragment of 15.8%.</p><p>Etymology</p><p>This species is named in reference to its lentil-like ( Vicia lens (L.) Coss. &amp; Germ) general appearance, resulting in a preliminary name given by the authors at time of discovery. The specific epithet is the Latin translation of ‘lens-shaped’.</p><p>Type material</p><p>Holotype GABON • ♂; “GABON, Parc Nat. des / <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.277&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=0.464" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.277/lat 0.464)">Monts de Cristal</a>; 10.xi.2023; J. Haran coll. / JHAR07053-01; 0.464 10.277 [0°27′50.4″ N, 10°16′37.2″ E] / Uvariodendron molundense / Collection-Cirad / Holotype; Endaeus lenticulatus / Haran 2026”; JHAR07053-01; CBGP.</p><p>Paratypes GABON • 1 ♂; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.276999&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=0.464" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.276999/lat 0.464)">Parc National des Monts de Cristal</a>; 0°27′50.4″ N, 10°16’37.2″ E; 10 Nov. 2023; J. Haran leg.; emerging from petals of Uvariodendron molundense ( Annonaceae); JHAR0753-02; HNG • 1 ♂; same data as for preceding; CBGP, JHAR0753-03 • 1 ♀; same data as for preceding; CBGP, JHAR0753- 04 • 2 specs, preserved in ethanol, sex undetermined; same data as for preceding; CBGP, JHAR0753-05 and JHAR0753-06.</p><p>Description</p><p>Male</p><p>BODY LENGTH. 4.0– 4.5 mm.</p><p>COLOUR. Body integument entirely orange ochre, shiny, rostrum club and funicular segments 3–6 black; vestiture of elytra made of combination of suberect orange ochre setae, as long as ½ of interstriae width, forming 2–3 ill-defined longitudinal rows on each interstria and shorter recumbent setae forming dense cover of 6–8 setae per width of interstriae; setae not concealing integument.</p><p>HEAD. Rostrum as long as prothorax in lateral view, moderately downcurved, in dorsal view widening slightly from base to apex, with four deeply punctuated furrows extending from base to antennal insertion and smooth area at antennal insertion; integument black, shiny, covered with tiny recumbent setae up to apex; antennae inserted at apical ⅓ of length of rostrum; head capsule covered with tiny recumbent setae; eyes slightly protruding, moderately exceeding lateral curve of head capsule in dorsal view; interocular space narrow, ⅓ as wide as rostrum width at base, with small fovea; antennal funicle with segment 1 conical, about as long as wide, 2 twice as long as wide, 2–4 globular, isodiametric, 5–6 wider than long, 6 distinctly separated from club, ⅔ as wide as club width, bearing ring of erect setae reaching middle of length or apex of segment 1 of club; scape as long as funicle + segment 1 of club, widening at apical ⅓ of length.</p><p>PROTHORAX. Wider than long (W:L ratio: 1.48), widest near middle of length, sides rounded, narrowed in apical ¼, apical margin ⅔ as wide as basal margin; integument shiny, with combination of larger punctures, subcircular, of diameter smaller than space between punctures, each bearing suberect seta, and minute background punctures of diameter as wide as space between them. Space between punctures micropunctate, as wide as or narrower than diameter of larger punctures; setae oriented toward median longitudinal line.</p><p>ELYTRA. Sides convex, widest near middle of length (W:L ratio: 0.85); humeri raised; each elytron separately rounded apically; striae ¼ as wide as interstriae, made of superficial and aligned circular punctures; interstriae flat; interstriae 10 with widening from base to level of metacoxae, middle of widening about 2 × as wide as interstriae 9 at same level; scutellar shield longer than wide, concolorous, bearing setae.</p><p>ABDOMEN. Underside covered with yellowish setae, longer on ventrite 5.</p><p>LEGS. Profemora clavate, with large triangular tooth bearing flange of erect setae on external margin extending from apex of tooth to close to apex of femora; protibiae strongly downcurved in basal ½, external margin straight in apical ½, internal margin bisinuate, carinate, with series of suberect setae forming tuft at apex, apex with strong mucro, larger than claw; meso-tibiae armed with mucro, on meta-tibiae mucro reduced to small spine; tarsal claws bifid.</p><p>TERMINALIA. Body of penis elongate (W:L ratio: 0.20), 4 × as long as apodemes, sides subparallel, widest at basal ⅓, narrowing from there to apex, narrowing strongly in apical 1 / 6, apex acuminate; in lateral view curvature strong, almost forming angle in basal ⅓, widest near middle of length, from there narrowing apicad regularly (Fig. 1C).</p><p>Female</p><p>Females can be distinguished from males by their rostrum which is longer than the prothorax in lateral view. Antennal insertion is located near the middle of the length of the rostrum in ♀♀ and at the apical ⅓ in ♂♂.</p><p>Life history</p><p>Larvae of Endaeus lenticulatus Haran sp. nov. mine the fleshy petals of Uvariodendron molundense ( Annonaceae; Fig. 2A–E). Eggs are laid in shallow oviposition holes made by adults on the petals (Fig. 2C). First instar larvae start feeding on the sides of the holes and then dig galleries within the petals (Fig. 2D–E). From two to three larvae can coexist per petal. In the dissected flowers (n = 10), galleries were located at the edge of the petals (whitish areas), the central area being generally occupied by the larvae of an unidentified Lepidoptera (frass on Fig. 2B). After anthesis, larvae develop saprophagically in fallen petals. Last larval instars leave the petals and burrow a few centimetres deep in the soil into an earthen gallery where pupation takes place (Fig. 2F). Adults emerge after about two weeks. None of the flowers examined during the day contained adults, suggesting that this species has a crepuscular or night activity. This species does not seem to be attracted by UV light, since no specimens were collected using this collecting method in the vicinity of dense populations of the host plant. All adults used for the species description were obtained by rearing the larvae.</p><p>A preliminary assessment of scent of flowers at the anthesis stage of U. molundense shows a composition largely dominated by two Monoterpenes: Myrcene and 6,7-epoxy-Myrcene (Appendix 2).</p><p>Distribution</p><p>This species is only known for the type locality in north-west Gabon (Estuaire Province). The distribution of its host plant, as currently accepted (Dagallier et al. 2023), is centred in Gabon and Cameroon, with some specimens occurring in the Republic of Congo and the Democratic Republic of Congo.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D76E49A479B422FDE4DF681376FE12	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.		Plazi	Haran, Julien;Zelvelder, Benjamin;Boupoya, Clay Archange;Couvreur, Thomas L. P.;Niangadouma, Raoul;Benoit, Laure;Kergoat, Gael J.;Buatois, Bruno;Dufäy, Mathilde;Kojima, Hiroaki;Allio, Rémi	Haran, Julien, Zelvelder, Benjamin, Boupoya, Clay Archange, Couvreur, Thomas L. P., Niangadouma, Raoul, Benoit, Laure, Kergoat, Gael J., Buatois, Bruno, Dufäy, Mathilde, Kojima, Hiroaki, Allio, Rémi (2026): New species of Endaeus Schoenherr, 1826 (Curculionidae: Curculioninae: Ochyromerini) associated with Annonaceae and Clusiaceae. European Journal of Taxonomy 1039: 165-198, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1039.3185, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3185/14151
03D76E49A475B426FDE5DCD81301FC97.text	03D76E49A475B426FDE5DCD81301FC97.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Endaeus staminicola Haran 2026	<div><p>Endaeus staminicola Haran sp. nov.</p><p>urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 4BAA0393-917C-4074-BFCA-42D3210B5A28</p><p>Figs 3–4</p><p>Differential diagnosis</p><p>Endaeus staminicola Haran sp. nov. can be distinguished from other Afrotropical Endaeus by its uniformly dark brown integument, its comparatively short rostrum, as long as prothorax in lateral view and its comparatively narrow prothorax (W:L ratio: 1.33) with the basal margin only a little wider (1.2 ×) than the apical margin. It is very close to E. vicinus Marshall, 1958 from Angola, but differs by the sides of elytra only moderately convex and the length of rostrum (shorter than prothorax in lateral view in E. vicinus). The body of penis is diagnostic between these species, in E. vicinus it is shorter (W:L ratio: 0.37) and the pointed apex is truncated. It is also related to Endaeus carinifrons Marshall, 1933 but the later species is distinctly longer (4.8 mm) and exhibits contrasting transverse pale brown shadings on elytra. The COI p- distance with the latter species ranges from 16.6 to 17.6%.</p><p>Etymology</p><p>This species is named in reference to its association with the phalanges of its host, structures resulting from transformed stamens. It is a combination of the Latin term for stamens (‘ stamina ’) and the suffix for inhabiting (‘ colo ’).</p><p>Type material</p><p>Holotype GABON • ♂; “GABON, Parc Nat. des / <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.259&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=0.412" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.259/lat 0.412)">Monts de Cristal</a> / 10.xi.2023; L. Benoit coll. / JHAR07054- 01; 0.412 10.259 [0°24′43.2″ N, 10°15′32.4″ E] / Allanblackia floribunda; Collection-Cirad / Holotype; Endaeus staminicola; Haran 2026”; CBGP, JHAR07054-01.</p><p>Paratypes GABON • 1 ♂; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.259&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=0.412" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.259/lat 0.412)">Parc National des Monts de Cristal</a>; 0°24′43.2″ N, 10°15′32.4″ E; 10 Nov. 2023; L. Benoit leg.; emerging from fallen flowers of Allanblackia floribunda Oliv. ( Clusiaceae); HNG, JHAR0754-02 • 1 ♂; same data as for preceding; NHMUK, JHAR0754-03 • 6 ♂♂; same data as for preceding; CBGP, JHAR0754-04 to JHAR0754-09 • 1 ♀; same data as for preceding; CBGP, JHAR0754- 10 • 3 ♂♂, preserved in ethanol; same data as for preceding; CBGP, JHAR0754-11 to JHAR0754-13 • 3 specs, preserved in ethanol, sex undetermined; same data as for preceding; TUA, JHAR0754-14 to JHAR0754-16 • 10 larvae, sex undetermined, preserved in ethanol; same data as for preceding; CBGP, JHAR0754-17 to JHAR0754-26 .</p><p>Description</p><p>Male</p><p>BODY LENGTH. 2.8–3.1 mm.</p><p>COLOUR. Body integument dark brown to reddish brown; vestiture of elytra made of recumbent yellowish setae, truncated at apex, as long as ⅔ of interstriae width, generally aligned in one row on even interstriae and two rows on odd interstriae, and of narrower, shorter and recumbent setae, not aligned on interstriae, forming dense and homogeneous background cover; vestiture not concealing integument.</p><p>HEAD. Rostrum as long as prothorax in lateral view (1.10 ×), moderately downcurved; underside straight in apical ¾; in dorsal view with 5 longitudinal carinae only visible in basal ½, covered with recumbent setae in basal ½, apical ½ almost glabrous, with few scattered setae; antennae inserted at apical ⅓ of length of rostrum; head capsule with minute punctures, covered with recumbent setae oriented toward interocular fovea; eyes slightly convex, moderately exceeding lateral curve of head capsule in dorsal view; antennal funicle with segment 1 slightly longer than wide, slightly longer than 2, 3 isodiametric, 4–6 wider than long, 6 distinctly separated from club, ½ as wide as club width, bearing ring of erect setae reaching middle of length or apex of segment 1 of club; scape as long as funicle + segment 1 of club, widening at apical ⅓ of length.</p><p>PROTHORAX. Wider than long (W:L ratio: 1.33), widest near middle of length, sides rounded, apical margin 0.8 × as wide as basal margin; integument dull, space between punctures 2–3 × as large as diameter of punctures, finely reticulate; setae as long as space between punctures, oriented toward middle of median line.</p><p>ELYTRA. Sides slightly convex, widest near middle of length (W:L ratio: 0.83–0.78); humeri raised; elytra jointly rounded at apex; interstriae striae 2–3 × as wide as striae, slightly convex, 5–6 moderately but distinctly raised at apex; interstriae 10 with a widening from base to level of metacoxae, middle of widening as wide as interstriae 9 at same level; scutellar shield rounded, isodiametric, almost concealed by setae.</p><p>ABDOMEN. Underside covered with recumbent and contiguous whitish setae.</p><p>LEGS. Profemora thickened in middle of length, bearing acute tooth and 6–8 erect setae located at distance from apex of tooth and apex of femora equal to length of seta; protibiae downcurved in basal ½, external margin straight in apical ½, internal margin bisinuate, carinate, apex with mucro similar in size to claws; meso-tibiae armed with mucro, on meta-tibiae mucro reduced to small spine; tarsal claws appendiculate, only with smooth internal thickening on metatarsi.</p><p>TERMINALIA. Body of penis elongate (W:L ratio: 0.26), about 2 × as long as apodemes, widest near base, narrowing from base to apical ⅓ of length, sides subparallel or slightly convex in apical ⅓, apex acuminate, bearing erect setae laterally; in lateral view curvature moderate, regular; internal sclerite 0.5 × as long as body of penis, forming asymmetrical bifid fork (Fig. 3C).</p><p>Female</p><p>Females can be distinguished from males by their rostrum which is longer than the prothorax in lateral view, with the underside distinctly downcurved.</p><p>Life history</p><p>The larvae of Endaeus staminicola Haran sp. nov. mine the phalanges, the flower receptacle and the pedicel of male flowers of Allanblackia floribunda Oliv. ( Clusiaceae; Fig. 4A–C, 4E). Eggs are laid in shallow oviposition holes made by females on these structures and larval development takes place in feeding galleries (Fig. 4C). Several larvae can coexist in one phalange and in the receptacle, and a single male flower can host up to 10–15 individuals of this species. The larval development is mostly saprophagous, as it continues on the leaf litter in the declining abscised flowers (Fig. 4B–D). Pupation takes place in the host’s tissues, in the galleries formed by the larva (Fig. 4E). Adults emerge about two weeks after pupation. Large populations of adults were found during the day on post-anthesis flowers fallen to the ground, up to six individuals were collected on a single flower, but most flowers contained only one individual when sampled (from 10 am to 3 pm). It should be noted that at time of collecting, the flowering season of A. floribunda was ending, which may have caused specimens to concentrate on the last available flowers. This species was not collected by the UV light traps set up in the vicinity of the population recorded. At the sampling site, Endaeus staminicola was found on fallen flowers with Endaeus carinifrons, a species developing in seeds of Allanblackia sp. and Pentadesma sp. (Marshall 1933, Clusiaceae).</p><p>Distribution</p><p>This species is only known for the type locality in north-west Gabon (Estuaire Province). The host A. floribunda is distributed from Benin to the Democratic Republic of Congo (WFO 2024).</p><p>Remarks</p><p>The population used to describe this species shows an unusual degree of morphological variation for the intraspecific level in Endaeus . Several specimens exhibit more downcurved protibiae (Fig. 3D–E), more or less downcurved rostrum and great variation of the ratio of elytra (W:L ratio: 0.78–0.83). Uncorrected COI p- distance ranged up to 2.2% in this species (four specimens sequenced). However, this divergence is not associated with stable morphological features and all male specimens dissected have the same penis morphology. These divergences possibly reflect a process of recent reconnection of formerly isolated populations, as has been reported in other weevil lineages in Central Africa (Haran et al. 2021).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D76E49A475B426FDE5DCD81301FC97	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.		Plazi	Haran, Julien;Zelvelder, Benjamin;Boupoya, Clay Archange;Couvreur, Thomas L. P.;Niangadouma, Raoul;Benoit, Laure;Kergoat, Gael J.;Buatois, Bruno;Dufäy, Mathilde;Kojima, Hiroaki;Allio, Rémi	Haran, Julien, Zelvelder, Benjamin, Boupoya, Clay Archange, Couvreur, Thomas L. P., Niangadouma, Raoul, Benoit, Laure, Kergoat, Gael J., Buatois, Bruno, Dufäy, Mathilde, Kojima, Hiroaki, Allio, Rémi (2026): New species of Endaeus Schoenherr, 1826 (Curculionidae: Curculioninae: Ochyromerini) associated with Annonaceae and Clusiaceae. European Journal of Taxonomy 1039: 165-198, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1039.3185, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3185/14151
03D76E49A471B43AFDE8DE57146DFA4A.text	03D76E49A471B43AFDE8DE57146DFA4A.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Endaeus canangae Haran & Zelvelder & Boupoya & Couvreur & Niangadouma & Benoit & Kergoat & Buatois & Dufäy & Kojima & Allio 2026	<div><p>Endaeus canangae Haran sp. nov.</p><p>urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 3E7EAE7B-312C-4E3E-9D9D-F99619B1D9D7</p><p>Figs 5–6</p><p>Differential diagnosis</p><p>Endaeus canangae Haran sp. nov. is similar in general appearance to some species of the related genus Endaenidius, such as En. sarawakensis Kojima &amp; Morimoto, 1995, En. kemae Kojima &amp; Morimoto, 1995, En. crassipes Kojima &amp; Morimoto, 1995 and En. spinipes Kojima &amp; Morimoto, 1995, all described from East Malaysia (Sarawak and Sabah) by having the profemora not thicker than the posterior femora, and the erect setae pointed outwards along sides and apical margin of prothorax (for details see Kojima &amp; Morimoto 1995a). However, profemora each bear a comb of 5–6 erect setae beyond the triangular tooth in E. canangae (the setae are very short or absent in aforementioned species of Endaenidius). Among the known Endaeus, this species is also similar to E. hikosanus Kojima &amp; Morimoto, 1995 from Japan, in the absence of a series of suberect setae along the internal margin of the protibiae. Endaeus canangae can be distinguished from it by the subequal thickness of the femora across all pairs of legs (profemora slightly thicker than the posterior femora in E. hikosanus). Endaeus canangae is also closely related to E. inexpectatus Hsiao &amp; Kojima, 2025, recently described from northern Vietnam. It differs by having a paler body integument, a narrower prothorax (W:L ratio 1.44, versus 1.60 in E. inexpectatus), the eyes are more convex and the ventrite 5 in females lacks a rounded patch. The body of penis is widest at base and regularly converging apicad in dorsal view, while it is widest in apical ¼ in E. inexpectatus (Hsiao et al. 2025) . Among the species of Endaeus for which a barcode sequence is available, this species is closest to E. castus (COI p- distance of 14.6%), which is a brood-site pollinator of Annona senegalensis in Africa.</p><p>Etymology</p><p>This species is named in reference to its association with flowers of ylang-ylang ( Cananga odorata (Lam.) Hook. f. &amp; Thomson, 1855; Annonaceae).</p><p>Type material</p><p>Holotype INDONESIA • ♂; “INDONESIA, SUMATRA / Martebing; 4.vii.2023; J. Haran coll. / JHAR05725-01; 3.329 99.035 [3°19′44.3″ N, 99°02′05.6″ E] / Cananga odorata / Collection-Cirad / Holotype; Endaeus canangae / Haran 2026”; CBGP, JHAR05725-01.</p><p>Paratypes INDONESIA • 4 ♂♂; Sumatra Island; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=99.03489&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=3.328972" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 99.03489/lat 3.328972)">Martebing</a>; 3°19′44.3″ N, 99°02′05.6″ E; 4 Jul. 2022; J. Haran leg.; on flowers of Cananga odorata ( Annonaceae); TUA, JHAR05725-02 to JHAR05725-05 • 1 ♀; same data as for preceding; CBGP, JHAR05725-06 • 2 ♂♂; same data as for preceding; CBGP, JHAR05725- 07 to JHAR05725-08 • 2 ♀♀; same data as for preceding; CBGP, JHAR05725-09 to JHAR05725-10 • 10 adult specs, sex undetermined, preserved in ethanol; same data as for preceding; CBGP, JHAR05725- 11 to JHAR05725-20 • 10 larvae, sex undetermined, preserved in ethanol; same data as for preceding; CBGP, JHAR05725-21 to JHAR05725-30 • 1 ♀; Sumatra Island; Martebing; 3°20′08.8″ N, 99°02′34.9″; 4 Jul. 2022; J. Haran leg.; sweeping flowers of Turnera sp. ( Passifloraceae Juss. ex Roussel); CBGP, JHAR05727-01 .</p><p>Description</p><p>Male</p><p>BODY LENGTH. 2–2.7 mm.</p><p>COLOUR. Body integument entirely pale yellow; vestiture of head, prothorax and elytra made of whitish setae, not concealing integument; vestiture of elytra made of combination of short, recumbent setae, ½–¾ as wide as width of interstria, forming 3–4 ill-defined longitudinal rows on each interstria and suberect setae, 2 × as long as former ones, forming one row per interstria.</p><p>HEAD. Rostrum slightly shorter than prothorax (0.9 ×) in lateral view, 2.2 × as long as width of eye, moderately downcurved; antennae inserted at apical ⅓ of rostrum; head capsule covered with recumbent, centripetal setae in dorsal view; eyes convex, exceeding lateral curve of head capsule in dorsal view but not in lateral view, space between eyes about ½ as wide as base of rostrum; antennal funicle with segments 1 and 2 equal in length, 1 globular, slightly longer than wide, 2 twice as long as wide, 3 isodiametric, 4–6 wider than long, 6 fused to club, ⅔ as wide as club width, bearing ring of erect setae reaching the apex of segment 1 of club; scape as long as segments 1–5 of funicle, widening at apical ⅓ of length.</p><p>PROTHORAX. Wider than long (W:L ratio 1.44), widest near middle of length, sides rounded, narrowing apically and basally, with basal margin only slightly wider than apical margin; integument shiny, micropunctuate, with uniformly distributed, medium-sized, circular punctures; space between punctures as wide as diameter of punctures or larger; sides and apical margin of prothorax with erect setae pointing outwards; recumbent setae on dorsum pointing towards scutellar shield.</p><p>ELYTRA. Sides subparallel on basal ½, widest near middle of length (W:L ratio: 0.80); humeri raised; interstriae 3–4 × as wide as striae; interstriae 10 with widening from base to level of metacoxae, middle of widening about 1.5 × as wide as interstriae 9 at same level; scutellar shield rounded and shiny.</p><p>ABDOMEN. Underside covered with recumbent, whitish setae, forming slightly denser coating than on elytra.</p><p>LEGS. Profemora subequal in thickness to meso- and metafemora, thickened in middle of length, bearing acute tooth and comb of 5–6 erect setae located at distance from apex of tooth equal to length of tarsomere 1+2, at distance from apex of profemora equal to length of seta; protibiae downcurved in basal ½, external margin straight in apical ¾, internal margin bisinuate, apex with mucro slightly larger than claws; meta-tibiae faintly emarginate internally in apical ⅓ and with suberect incurved setae; meso-tibiae armed with mucro, on meta-tibiae mucro reduced to small spine; tarsal claws appendiculate, only with smooth internal thickening on metatarsi.</p><p>TERMINALIA. Body of penis elongate (W:L ratio: 0.26), about 1.8 × as long as apodemes, sides subparallel, narrowing in apical 1 /5, apex acuminate; curvature in lateral view moderate and regular, narrowing in apical ¼; internal sclerite 0.5 × as long as body of penis, forming a reversed ‘y’ at base (Fig. 5C).</p><p>Feamle</p><p>Males and females can be distinguished by their rostrum which is longer (as long as the prothorax in lateral view in ♀♀; 0.8 × as long as the prothorax in ♂♂) and more downcurved in females than in males.</p><p>Life history</p><p>Endaeus canangae Haran sp. nov. is associated with the flowers of ylang-ylang ( Cananga odorata; Annonaceae). Adults were observed flying toward flowers in anthesis in late afternoon. This activity coincides with the emission of a distinct scent (JH pers. obs.). Once on a petal (Fig. 6D), the adults move up to hide in the flower chamber, between the base of petals and apex of stamens (Fig. 6E). Multiple individuals may stay in this chamber together with an unidentified species of sap beetle ( Nitidulidae). In the chamber, specimens generally stand on the red spots at the base of petals (Fig. 6F). Later in the night (around 9 pm), some adults were observed mating on the petals, out of the chamber. Oviposition takes place in a shallow hole made by females and the larvae develop by digging a gallery in the petals, forming a brown mine (Fig. 6A–C). Pupae were not observed in the mines, suggesting that pupation and eclosion takes place in the ground. Among the dozens of flowers in anthesis observed over several days, only one was exhibiting mines at time of observation. Despite intensive examination of receptive flowers of other flowering species of Annonaceae at the vicinity, E. canangae was only observed on Cananga odorata, suggesting a specialized relationship. The single observation of a specimen on flowers of Turnera Plum. ex L. ( Passifloraceae) is likely accidental. Cananga odorata is widely cultivated for ylang-ylang production but is unable to reproduce out of its native range in absence of its pollinators, except in Ivory Coast where an association with local nitidulid beetles enables the development of fruits (Deroin 1988a).</p><p>Distribution</p><p>This species is currently only known for the type locality on Sumatra Island, but its host is widely distributed in Southeast Asia and planted across the tropics (WFO 2024).</p><p>Remarks</p><p>Endaeus canangae Haran sp. nov. exhibits profemora that are similar in thickness to the meso- and metafemora – a trait considered diagnostic for the genus Endaenidius . However, recent observations of both Endaenidius and Endaeus have revealed intermediate forms, casting doubt on the validity of Endaenidius as a distinct genus. To avoid potential future nomenclatural acts and pending a clearer definition of Endaenidius, this species is provisionally placed within the genus Endaeus . See Hsiao et al. (2025) for a comparable case.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D76E49A471B43AFDE8DE57146DFA4A	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.		Plazi	Haran, Julien;Zelvelder, Benjamin;Boupoya, Clay Archange;Couvreur, Thomas L. P.;Niangadouma, Raoul;Benoit, Laure;Kergoat, Gael J.;Buatois, Bruno;Dufäy, Mathilde;Kojima, Hiroaki;Allio, Rémi	Haran, Julien, Zelvelder, Benjamin, Boupoya, Clay Archange, Couvreur, Thomas L. P., Niangadouma, Raoul, Benoit, Laure, Kergoat, Gael J., Buatois, Bruno, Dufäy, Mathilde, Kojima, Hiroaki, Allio, Rémi (2026): New species of Endaeus Schoenherr, 1826 (Curculionidae: Curculioninae: Ochyromerini) associated with Annonaceae and Clusiaceae. European Journal of Taxonomy 1039: 165-198, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1039.3185, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3185/14151
03D76E49A46DB43EFDADD8F01414FCF1.text	03D76E49A46DB43EFDADD8F01414FCF1.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Endaeus xylopiae Haran & Zelvelder 2026	<div><p>Endaeus xylopiae Haran &amp; Zelvelder sp. nov.</p><p>urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: AFABF503-2DC4-4361-B80B-11E9ECB43133</p><p>Figs 7–8</p><p>Differential diagnosis</p><p>Endaeus xylopiae Haran &amp; Zelvelder sp. nov. is morphologically very close to E. baikieae Marshall, 1933, E. jaculifer Haran &amp; Zelvelder sp. nov. and E. convexiculus Haran &amp; Zelvelder sp. nov. It differs by having a shorter and very moderately downcurved rostrum. Males of the three species differ greatly in the shape of their penis, that of E. xylopiae being the only one bearing strong hook-like setae at apex and hook-like processes laterally in dorsal view. Among the species of Endaeus for which a barcode sequence is available, this species is closest to E. jaculifer, also found on Xylopia aethiopica (COI p -distance of 16.0%).</p><p>Etymology</p><p>This species is named in reference to its association with flowers of Xylopia aethiopica ( Annonaceae).</p><p>Type material</p><p>Holotype GABON • ♂; “GABON, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=13.0&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-1.778" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 13.0/lat -1.778)">Parc de la Lékédi</a> / 26.x.2023 / J. Haran &amp; R. Allio coll. / JHAR06086-04; -1.778 13.000 [1°46′40.8″ S, 13°00′00.0″ E], 25m, 20h45 / Xylopia aethiopi .[ca] / Collection-Cirad / Holotype / Endaeus xylopiae Haran &amp; Zelvelder 2026 ”; CBGP, JHAR06086-04.</p><p>Paratypes GABON • 1 ♂; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=13.0&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-1.778" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 13.0/lat -1.778)">Parc de la Lékédi</a>; 1°46′40.8″ S, 13°00′00.0″ E; 26 Oct. 2023; J. Haran and R. Allio leg.; on flower of Xylopia aethiopica ( Annonaceae); CBGP, JHAR06086-01 • 1 ♀; same data as for preceding; CBGP, JHAR06086-03 • 1 ♂; same data as for preceding; HNG, JHAR06086-05 • 1 ♀; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=13.0&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-1.778" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 13.0/lat -1.778)">Parc de la Lékédi</a>; 1°46′40.8″ S, 13°00′00.0″ E; 26 Oct. 2023; J. Haran leg.; beating understory vegetation, 4:00 pm; CBGP, JHAR06081-01 .</p><p>Description</p><p>Male</p><p>BODY LENGTH. 2.2–2.45 mm.</p><p>COLOUR. Body integument uniformly pale brown; vestiture of head, prothorax and elytra made of pale yellow to light orange setae, not concealing the integument; vestiture of prothorax and elytra made of combination of short, subrecumbent setae, ½ to ¾ as wide as width of interstriae, forming 3–4 ill-defined longitudinal rows on each interstria and long suberect setae, forming a row on each interstria, on average 3 × as long as subrecumbent setae, about as long as width of interstriae.</p><p>HEAD. Head capsule with short, pale, subrecumbent setae and longer, pale suberect setae forming two ill-defined rows on forehead; rostrum slightly shorter than prothorax (0.9 ×) in lateral view, 2.2 × as long as width of eye, moderately downcurved; antennae inserted near apical ⅓ of length of rostrum; eyes convex, strongly exceeding lateral curve of head capsule in dorsal view and dorsal curve of head capsule in lateral view; space between eyes about half as wide as base of rostrum; antennal scape slightly longer than segments 1–5 of funicle, widening at apical ⅓ of length; funicle with segment 1 globular; 2 twice as long as wide, 3–6 isodiametric; club slightly longer than wide (W:L ratio 0.55–0.6).</p><p>PROTHORAX. Wider than long (W:L ratio 1.3), widest near middle of length, sides rounded, apical margin about 0.75 × wider than basal margin; dorsum flat in lateral view; integument shiny, micropunctuate, with uniformly distributed, medium-sized, roughly circular punctures; space between punctures as wide as diameter of punctures or larger; sides and apical margin of prothorax with erect setae pointing upwards and forwards, respectively; subrecumbent setae pointing towards median line of prothorax on dorsum.</p><p>ELYTRA. Sides slightly convex in dorsal view, widest near middle of length (W:L ratio: ~0.70); humeri raised; interstriae 3–4 × as wide as striae; interstriae 10 widening from base to the level of metacoxae, about 1.5 × as wide as interstriae 9 at widest point; in lateral view, dorsum of elytra almost flat on basal ¾ of length, then declivity; scutellar shield shiny, rounded.</p><p>ABDOMEN. Underside covered with recumbent whitish setae longer than subrecumbent setae of elytra.</p><p>LEGS. Femora subequal in thickness, thickened in middle of length, each armed with flat triangular tooth, profemoral tooth followed by row of 6 erect setae located between base of the triangular tooth and distance from apex of femora equal to length of tarsomere 1; protibiae curved in basal ½, external margin straight in apical ⅔, internal margin bisinuate, carinate, apex with sharp, slightly curved mucro located medially on corbel, similar in size to claw, curvature pointing inwards to almost perpendicular; apex of meso-tibiae with robust, slightly downcurved mucro located on inner part of corbel, erected almost perpendicularly; tarsal claws widely divergent, appendiculate with dull triangular inner tooth.</p><p>TERMINALIA. Body of penis elongate (W:L ratio: 0.33), about 1.7 × as long as apodemes, sides bisinuate in dorsal view, strongly narrowed in apical ⅔ to 0.66 × its maximum width and narrowing towards apex from apical ¾; lateral processes of body gradually translucent, oriented backwards, each bearing 6-7 dull, flattened hooks directed towards apex; apex rounded, bearing 5–7 strong anteapical hook-like setae laterally; tip forming button-like shape; inner part of apical ⅔ coated with sclerified papillae pointing forward; in lateral view, widest near middle of length, curvature irregular, stronger near middle of length; internal sclerite not distinct in specimens examined (Fig. 7C).</p><p>Sexual dimorphism</p><p>Females can be distinguished from males by their rostrum which is narrower and longer in lateral view (2.5 × as long as width of eye). Antennal insertion is located near middle of length of rostrum in ♀♀ (near apical ⅓ in ♂♂). Meso-tibial mucro more broadly downcurved in ♀♀.</p><p>Life history</p><p>This species was collected on a flower of Xylopia aethiopica in anthesis (Fig. 8A–C). The flower was located at 25 m high in the tree and started producing a strong scent at dusk. Adults were observed reaching this flower and standing on petals around 8 pm (Fig. 8C). Most specimens then moved into the floral chamber. The flower sampled contained four individuals of this species. These biological data echos with the observations made for Xylopia championii Hook.f. &amp; Thomson in Sri Lanka, where an Endaeus was identified pollinating this species via a synchronization of floral phenology and beetle activity (Ratnayake et al. 2007). Despite detailed searches, the immatures of this species could not be found in the petals of the flower sampled, nor in the flowers that had fallen at the base of the tree. Flowers hosting larvae of Endaeus can be rare, see life history section under E. canangae Haran sp. nov. Given the trend in ciophily and in Endaeus - Annonaceae interactions (host specificity, flower structure, etc.), it is very likely that larvae of this species develop in the petals of X. aethiopica . Endaeus xylopiae Haran &amp; Zelvelder sp. nov. was found in sympatry, in the same flower, with E. jaculifer Haran &amp; Zelvelder sp. nov. and E. convexiculus Haran &amp; Zelvelder sp. nov. One specimen of E. xylopiae was also collected by beating understorey vegetation at 4 pm. This species is seemingly not attracted by UV light, since it was not observed at a UV light trap set in an X. aethiopica tree in the vicinity of the flowers in anthesis on which specimens were observed.</p><p>A first assessment of floral scent emitted by flowers in anthesis of Xylopia aethiopica revealed a scent composed of several groups of chemicals, mainly terpenoids, and largely dominated by one unique terpene derivative, showing a chemical skeleton similar to Farnesyl although it could not be precisely identified (Unknown terpene derivatives 2, see Appendix 2).</p><p>Distribution</p><p>This species is currently only known for the type locality in La Lékédi park, in south-east Gabon (Haut-Ogooué Province). Its host is widely distributed in tropical Africa, from Senegal to Ethiopia and from Mozambique to Chad (WFO 2024).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D76E49A46DB43EFDADD8F01414FCF1	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.		Plazi	Haran, Julien;Zelvelder, Benjamin;Boupoya, Clay Archange;Couvreur, Thomas L. P.;Niangadouma, Raoul;Benoit, Laure;Kergoat, Gael J.;Buatois, Bruno;Dufäy, Mathilde;Kojima, Hiroaki;Allio, Rémi	Haran, Julien, Zelvelder, Benjamin, Boupoya, Clay Archange, Couvreur, Thomas L. P., Niangadouma, Raoul, Benoit, Laure, Kergoat, Gael J., Buatois, Bruno, Dufäy, Mathilde, Kojima, Hiroaki, Allio, Rémi (2026): New species of Endaeus Schoenherr, 1826 (Curculionidae: Curculioninae: Ochyromerini) associated with Annonaceae and Clusiaceae. European Journal of Taxonomy 1039: 165-198, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1039.3185, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3185/14151
03D76E49A469B43CFDADDEB51414F81E.text	03D76E49A469B43CFDADDEB51414F81E.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Endaeus jaculifer Haran & Zelvelder 2026	<div><p>Endaeus jaculifer Haran &amp; Zelvelder sp. nov.</p><p>urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: DA84520E-74E4-4215-B4CD-87CF3D78F000</p><p>Fig. 9</p><p>Differential diagnosis</p><p>Endaeus jaculifer Haran &amp; Zelvelder sp. nov. is morphologically very close to E. baikieae, E. xylopiae Haran &amp; Zelvelder sp. nov. and E. convexiculus Haran &amp; Zelvelder sp. nov. Males differ by having a long spear-shaped tooth on its metafemora, more elongate antennal club and mucros exceeding the inner part of protibiae. Males of the four species differ greatly in the shape of their penis, that of E. jaculifer having very short apodemes, a robust body of penis and comparatively small brushes of 7–8 setae at apex (more than 10 in E. baikieae). Among the species of Endaeus for which a barcode sequence is available, this species is closest to E. convexiculus, also found on Xylopia aethiopica (COI p- distance of 11.0%).</p><p>Etymology</p><p>This species is named in reference to the ‘spear-shaped’ (‘ jaculi -’, combining form of Latin ‘ jaculum ’ = ‘dart’ and ‘-fer’) tooth on its metafemora.</p><p>Type material</p><p>Holotype GABON • ♂; “GABON, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=13.0&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-1.778" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 13.0/lat -1.778)">Parc de la Lékédi</a> / 26.x.2023 / J. Haran &amp; R. Allio coll. / JHAR06086-08 / -1.778 13.000 [1°46′40.8″ S, 13°00′00.0″ E], 25m, 20h45 / Xylopia aethiopi . [ca]; Collection-Cirad / Holotype / Endaeus jaculifer Haran &amp; Zelvelder 2026 ”; CBGP, JHAR06086-08.</p><p>Description</p><p>Male</p><p>BODY LENGTH. 2.45 mm.</p><p>COLOUR. Body integument uniformly pale brown, head sometimes slightly darker, legs slightly lighter; vestiture of head, prothorax and elytra made of pale yellow to light orange setae, not concealing integument; vestiture of prothorax and elytra made of combination of short, subrecumbent setae, slightly shorter than elytral interstriae, forming 3–4 ill-defined longitudinal rows on each interstria and long suberect setae, forming row on each interstria, 1.5–2 × as long as subrecumbent setae, as long as or longer than width of interstriae.</p><p>HEAD. Head capsule with short, pale, subrecumbent setae and longer, pale suberect setae forming two ill-defined rows on forehead; rostrum slightly shorter than prothorax (0.85 ×) in lateral view, 2.5 × as long as width of eye, moderately downcurved; antennae inserted at apical ⅓ of rostrum; eyes convex, strongly exceeding lateral curve of head capsule in dorsal view and slightly exceeding dorsal curve of head capsule in lateral view; space between eyes about half as wide as base of rostrum; antennal scape longer than segments 1–5 of funicle, widening at apical ⅓ of length; funicle with segment 1 globular; 2 twice as long as wide, 3–6 isodiametric; club longer than wide (W:L ratio 0.4–0.5).</p><p>PROTHORAX. Wider than long (W:L ratio 1.3), widest near middle of length, sides rounded, apical margin about 0.75 × as wide as basal margin; dorsum flat in lateral view; integument shiny, micropunctuate, with uniformly distributed, medium-sized, roughly circular punctures; space between punctures as wide as diameter of punctures or larger; sides and apical margin of prothorax with erect setae pointing upwards and forwards respectively; subrecumbent setae pointing towards inner line of prothorax on dorsum.</p><p>ELYTRA. Sides slightly convex in dorsal view, widest near middle of length (W:L ratio: ~0.75); humeri raised; interstriae 3–4 × as wide as striae; interstriae 10 weakly widening from base to level of metacoxae, about 1.5 × as wide as interstriae 9 at widest point; in lateral view, dorsum of elytra almost flat on basal ½ of length, then declivity; scutellar shield shiny, rounded.</p><p>ABDOMEN. Underside covered with recumbent whitish setae about as long as subrecumbent setae of elytra.</p><p>LEGS. Pro- and meso-femora subequal in thickness, thickened in middle of length, armed with flat triangular tooth, profemoral tooth followed by row of 5 erect setae located between base of triangular tooth and distance from apex of femora equal to length of tarsomere 1, curve formed between apex of tooth to apex of femora uneven, sunken at base of tooth; meta-femora slightly thinner, bearing spear-shaped tooth, about ½ as long as length of meta-tibiae, often bearing long subrecumbent setae at apex; protibiae curved in basal ½, external margin straight in apical ¾, internal margin bisinuate, carinate, apex with long, robust, almost straight mucro located basally on corbel, exceeding inner margin of protibiae; apex of meso-tibiae with robust, slightly downcurved mucro located on inner part of corbel; tarsal claws widely divergent, appendiculate with dull triangular inner tooth.</p><p>TERMINALIA. Body of penis elongate (W:L ratio: 0.35), about 5.6 × as long as apodemes, sides subparallel, narrowing in apical 1 / 5; apex trapezoidal, bearing few hairs of variable size and orientation on both sides; tip forming button-like shape; lateral extensions of body oriented ventrally, extended into two flat, translucent rectangular areas extending beyond apex at distance equal to size of apodemes (but can be missing or folded beneath penis); curvature in lateral view moderate and regular on dorsal side, almost flat on ventral side, widest in its basal ½; internal sclerite not visible (Fig. 9C).</p><p>Female</p><p>Females of this species are currently unknown.</p><p>Remarks</p><p>In the same sampling event, three additional specimens related to this species were collected. They exhibit a slightly divergent external morphology (ratio of elytra, insertion of antennae on rostrum, etc.) and p -distance ranking up to 7.4% for the 418 bp long fragment of COI. The penis of males, however, shows no significant divergence with the holotype. Thus, E. jaculifer Haran &amp; Zelvelder sp. nov. is likely a species complex and more material is needed to clarify the species boundaries in the additional lineages identified. The corresponding specimens (JHAR06086-06/09) were labelled “ Endaeus nr. jaculife r” pending further exploration of this complex.</p><p>Life history</p><p>This species was collected in the same conditions as E. xylopiae Haran &amp; Zelvelder sp. nov., see details under that species.</p><p>Distribution</p><p>This species is currently only known for the type locality in La Lékédi park, in south-east Gabon (Haut-Ogooué Province). Its host is widely distributed in tropical Africa, from Senegal to Ethiopia and from Mozambique to Chad (WFO 2024).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D76E49A469B43CFDADDEB51414F81E	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.		Plazi	Haran, Julien;Zelvelder, Benjamin;Boupoya, Clay Archange;Couvreur, Thomas L. P.;Niangadouma, Raoul;Benoit, Laure;Kergoat, Gael J.;Buatois, Bruno;Dufäy, Mathilde;Kojima, Hiroaki;Allio, Rémi	Haran, Julien, Zelvelder, Benjamin, Boupoya, Clay Archange, Couvreur, Thomas L. P., Niangadouma, Raoul, Benoit, Laure, Kergoat, Gael J., Buatois, Bruno, Dufäy, Mathilde, Kojima, Hiroaki, Allio, Rémi (2026): New species of Endaeus Schoenherr, 1826 (Curculionidae: Curculioninae: Ochyromerini) associated with Annonaceae and Clusiaceae. European Journal of Taxonomy 1039: 165-198, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1039.3185, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3185/14151
03D76E49A46AB433FE49DC051414FD7E.text	03D76E49A46AB433FE49DC051414FD7E.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Endaeus convexiculus Haran & Zelvelder	<div><p>Endaeus convexiculus Haran &amp; Zelvelder sp. nov.</p><p>urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 083F03C8-A62A-4851-B815-1D85D343B3D0</p><p>Fig. 10</p><p>Differential diagnosis</p><p>Endaeus convexiculus Haran &amp; Zelvelder sp. nov. is morphologically very close to E. baikieae, E. xylopiae Haran &amp; Zelvelder sp. nov. and E. jaculifer Haran &amp; Zelvelder sp. nov. It differs by having a longer and less downcurved rostrum. Males of the four differ greatly in the shape of their penis, that of E. convexiculus having ear-shaped lateral processes and an angled ‘three-sided’ profile. Among the species of Endaeus for which a barcode sequence is available, this species is closest to E. jaculifer, also found on Xylopia aethiopica (COI p- distance of 11.0%).</p><p>Etymology</p><p>This species is named in reference to its convex body shape in lateral view.</p><p>Type material</p><p>Holotype GABON • ♂; “GABON, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=13.0&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-1.778" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 13.0/lat -1.778)">Parc de la Lékédi</a> / 26.x.2023 / J. Haran &amp; R. Allio coll. / JHAR06086-07 / -1.778 13.000 [1°46′40.8″ S, 13°00′00.0″ E], 25m, 20h45 / Xylopia aethiopi . [ca] / Collection-Cirad / Holotype / Endaeus convexiculus Haran &amp; Zelvelder 2026 ”; CBGP, JHAR06086-07.</p><p>Description</p><p>Male</p><p>BODY LENGTH. 2.6 mm.</p><p>COLOUR. Body integument uniformly pale brown, legs slightly lighter; vestiture of head, prothorax and elytra made of pale yellow to light orange setae, not concealing the integument; vestiture of prothorax and elytra made of a combination of short, subrecumbent setae, almost as long as interstriae, forming 3–4 ill-defined longitudinal rows on each interstria and long suberect setae, forming row on each interstria, 1.5–2.5 × as long as subrecumbent setae, as long as or longer than width of interstriae.</p><p>HEAD. Head capsule with short, pale, subrecumbent setae and longer, pale suberect setae forming two ill-defined rows on forehead; rostrum slightly shorter than prothorax (0.83 ×) in lateral view, 3.4 × as long as width of eye, almost straight; antennae inserted near apical ⅓ of length of rostrum; eyes convex, strongly exceeding lateral curve of head capsule in dorsal view but not exceeding dorsal curve of head capsule in lateral view; space between eyes about ⅔ as wide as base of rostrum; antenna scape longer than segments 1–5 of funicle, widening at apical ⅓ of length; funicle with segment 1 globular; 2 twice as long as wide, 3–6 slightly wider than long; club slightly longer than wide (W:L ratio 0.55).</p><p>PROTHORAX. Wider than long (W:L ratio 1.3), widest near middle of length, sides rounded, apical margin about 0.7 × as wide as basal margin; dorsum slightly convex in lateral view; integument shiny, micropunctuate, with uniformly distributed, medium-sized, roughly circular punctures; space between punctures as wide as diameter of punctures or larger; sides and apical margin of prothorax with erect setae pointing upwards and forwards, respectively; subrecumbent setae pointing towards inner line of prothorax on dorsum.</p><p>ELYTRA. Sides slightly convex in dorsal view, widest near middle of length (W:L ratio: 0.83); humeri raised; interstriae 3–4 × as wide as striae; interstriae 10 widening from base to level of metacoxae, about 1.5 × as wide as interstriae 9 at widest point; in lateral view, dorsum of elytra gradually curves downward towards apex; interstriae 2 and 9 meet forming acute angle at apex; scutellar shield shiny, rounded.</p><p>ABDOMEN. Underside covered with recumbent whitish setae longer than subrecumbent setae of elytra.</p><p>LEGS. Femora subequal in thickness, thickened in middle of length, armed with flat triangular tooth, profemoral tooth followed by comb of 6 erect setae located between base of triangular tooth and distance from apex of femora equal to length of tarsomere 1; protibiae curved in basal ½, external margin straight in apical ¾, internal margin bisinuate, carinate, apex with long, robust, strongly curved mucro located medially on apex; apex of meso-tibiae with robust, slightly downcurved mucro located on inner part of corbel, erected almost perpendicularly; tarsal claws widely divergent, appendiculate with dull triangular inner tooth.</p><p>TERMINALIA. Body of penis elongate (W:L ratio: 0.36), about 2.1 × as long as apodemes, sides subparallel, widest in basal ⅓, narrowing in apical 1 / 5, apex rounded, bearing anteapical comb of hairs of variable size on both sides; tip forming button-like shape; lateral extensions of body oriented ventrally, forming two small, translucent, ear-shaped extensions slightly longer than anteapical setae; curvature in lateral view moderate and regular on ventral side, three-sided on dorsal side, forming two right angles at apical ½ and apical ¼ of its length; internal sclerite not visible (Fig. 10C).</p><p>Female</p><p>Females of this species are currently unknown</p><p>Life history</p><p>This species was collected in the same conditions as E. xylopiae Haran &amp; Zelvelder sp. nov., see details under that species.</p><p>Distribution</p><p>This species is currently only known for the type locality in La Lékédi park, in south-east Gabon (Haut-Ogooué Province). Its host is widely distributed in tropical Africa, from Senegal to Ethiopia and from Mozambique to Chad (WFO 2024).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D76E49A46AB433FE49DC051414FD7E	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.		Plazi	Haran, Julien;Zelvelder, Benjamin;Boupoya, Clay Archange;Couvreur, Thomas L. P.;Niangadouma, Raoul;Benoit, Laure;Kergoat, Gael J.;Buatois, Bruno;Dufäy, Mathilde;Kojima, Hiroaki;Allio, Rémi	Haran, Julien, Zelvelder, Benjamin, Boupoya, Clay Archange, Couvreur, Thomas L. P., Niangadouma, Raoul, Benoit, Laure, Kergoat, Gael J., Buatois, Bruno, Dufäy, Mathilde, Kojima, Hiroaki, Allio, Rémi (2026): New species of Endaeus Schoenherr, 1826 (Curculionidae: Curculioninae: Ochyromerini) associated with Annonaceae and Clusiaceae. European Journal of Taxonomy 1039: 165-198, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1039.3185, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3185/14151
