Orthorhinus laetus Saunders & Jekel

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 : 199

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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5493009
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scientific name	Orthorhinus laetus Saunders & Jekel
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Orthorhinus laetus Saunders & Jekel, 1855: 297 .

DISTRIBUTION. — This species is from Lord Howe I., not from ‘Novae-Hebrides’ where it was reported from originally.

TYPE MATERIAL. — Three syntypes present. Lectotype male, 14.0 x 5.2 mm, Lord Howe, Orthorhinus laetus Saund.& Jek, NHML. Paralectotypes: 2 females, NHML .

REMARKS. — The measurements of male and female are reversed in the original paper: 14 mm long is for the male lectotype, and 18 mm long is for the two female paralectotypes.