Notomacer, Kuschel, 1994

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 : 108

Genus NOTOMACER Kuschel

Notomacer Kuschel, 1994: 577 , 579.

Type species: N. araucariae Kuschel.

DISTRIBUTION. — New Caledonia, Australia.

HOSTPLANTS. — Araucariaceae .

ETYMOLOGY. — The Greek compound ‘notómacer’ stands for southern (nótos,) and ‘macer’, a suffix for any nemonychid.

KEY TO SPECIES OF NOTOMACER

1. Femora uniformly pale. Elytra greenish, lacking dark dots. Posteromedian emargination of metasternum showing as a fine slit, this nearly closed by thin, translucent plates. 3.3-4.0 mm. New Caledonia (montane), on Araucaria biramulata ................................................................................. hirtulus — Femora darkened at swollen part, paler at base and apex. Elytra with yellowish or reddish brown derm and some dark dots. Posteromedian emargination of metasternum not covered by translucent plates ....................................................................................................................................................................... 2

2. Rostrum longer, more than 2.10 x longer than broad at apex, with three distinct carinae. Male: metasternum with large median impression on posterior half, with dentiform projection on either side of intercoxal emargination. 4.1-5.7 mm. New Caledonia (montane), on Araucaria biramulata .... ................................................................................................................................................................... araucariae — Rostrum shorter, less than 2.10 x longer than broad at apex, with three low dorsal carinae. Male: metasternum with median impression on posterior half similar to that of female, lacking dentiform projection on sides of intercoxal emargination. 3.5-4.3 mm. New Caledonia (lowland), on Araucaria columnaris .............................................................................................................................................. caledonicus