Maleuterpes montanus, Kuschel, 2008

Kuschel, Guillermo, 2008, Curculionoidea (weevils) of New Caledonia and Vanuatu: Basal families and some Curculionidae, Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 197, pp. 99-250 : 176-177

Maleuterpes montanus n. sp.

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DESCRIPTION. — Derm yellowish or reddish brown. Scaling dull, colour pattern as in M. acutus above; interstrial setae raised, semierect, more easily seen in lateral view of elytral dorsum.

Prothorax, in male, with a transversely raised area across middle appearing, in lateral view, as a tubercle. Elytra jointly rounded at apex in both sexes. Sutural tooth of male small; interstriae 3, 5 and 7 nearly as flat as other interstriae. Fore femora in female not distinctly curved on lower edge. Claws thin, somewhat atrophied, especially the internal claw.

Length: 2.4-2.8 mm.

TYPE MATERIAL. — Holotype male, 2.6 x 1.2 mm, Mt. Koghi , 600 m , NZAC. Paratypes BPBM, NZAC, QMBA .

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — New Caledonia. 1 female, Vallée 480 m, 10.XII.2004 - 9.I.2005, Monteith & Grimbacher; 1 female, d’Amoa, 7.II.1963, C. M. Yoshimoto; 1 male, 2 females, Mt. Ko- Cap Ndoua, 22°23’S, 166°55’E, 50 m, 28.XI.2004 - 8.I. 2005, G. ghi, 600 m, 12.X.1978, G. Kuschel; Forêt de Thy, 1 female, 550 m, B. Monteith. 7 specimens .

1.III.1960, J. L. Gressitt; 1 female, Forêt Nord, 22°19’S, 166°55’E,

ETYMOLOGY. — Latin ‘montánus’ for montane, for occurring mainly on mountains.

REMARKS. — Because the female specimen from Vallée d’Amoa is rather badly abraded, no paratype has been attached to it.