Hellerius cicur (Heller) 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 : 134

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978-2-85653-605-6

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5492922

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scientific name

Hellerius cicur (Heller)
status

comb. nov.

Hellerius cicur (Heller) View in CoL n. comb.

Fig. 20

Anomalodermus cicur Heller, 1916: 314 View in CoL .

DESCRIPTION. — A densely squamose, pale grey species, usually having some pink sheen. Antennae slightly passing hind margin of eyes. Elytra distinctive for lacking tubercles at top of declivity, having instead interstriae 3 and 5 raised to low ridges.

Male: tergite 7 broadly rounded, rather subtruncate. Sternite 9 with slender, weakly curved apodeme, with small expansion at apex. Aedeagal body as long as or up to 1.10 x longer than apodemes, weakly curved, acutely pointed at apex, shallowly emarginate at base; flagellum about as long as aedeagal body, evenly thick, lacking a heavily pigmented base.

Female: sternite 8 with slender apodeme; blade narrowly rounded. Distal hemisternites gently tapering, apical margin below styli distinctly oblique in relation to axis, with a very shallow concave curvature in it. Spermathecal duct extension elongate, gently curving away from stem; duct long, moderately thick, coiled for good part of length; stem lacking gland extension, only slightly thickened at this point.

Length: 6.3-8.8 mm.

TYPE MATERIAL . — No original specimens seen. Identified non-type specimens with BPBM, IRSN, NZAC .

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — New Caledonia. Baie de Prony , Nouméa. Loyalty Is. Lifou (Oué), Maré (Tadine). 25 specimens .

ETYMOLOGY. — ‘Cícur’ is Latin for peaceful, probably because of lacking large tubercles on elytra.

BPBM

Bishop Museum

IRSN

Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique

NZAC

New Zealand Arthropod Collection

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Curculionidae

Genus

Hellerius

Loc

Hellerius cicur (Heller)

Kuschel, Guillermo 2008
2008
Loc

Anomalodermus cicur

HELLER K. M. 1916: 314
1916
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