Elytrurus serrulatus Waterhouse, 1877

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 : 144

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scientific name	Elytrurus serrulatus Waterhouse
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Elytrurus serrulatus Waterhouse View in CoL

Figs 36, 37

Elytrurus serrulatus Waterhouse, 1877: 10 View in CoL . — Marshall 1938: 73, 80.

Elytrurus erromangoanus Paulian, 1945: 198 View in CoL , fig. 52 (as ssp. of tannae View in CoL ) n. syn.

Elytrurus rusticus Pascoe, 1881: 589 View in CoL . — Fairmaire 1881: 282. — Paulian 1945: 195.

Elytrurus tannae Paulian, 1945: 195 View in CoL , 197, fig. 51 n. syn.

DESCRIPTION. — Distinguished by the following characters combined: prementum lacking setae, rostrum dorsally impressed also on basal half, sublateral carinae of rostrum for most part parallel, scape rather longer having hairs and no scales, setae at apex of elytra long, and elytral suture definitely darkened but narrowly only.

Length: 9.5-19.0 mm.

TYPE MATERIAL. — 1) E. serrulatus : holotype male, 12.5 x 5.1 mm, ‘Vati, Elytrurus serrulatus, C. Waterh. , type’, NHML. 2) E. erromangoanus : in Paris, not present. 3) E. rusticus : holotype male, 15.7 x 6.5 mm, ‘ New Hebrides [ Fiji in publication], Elytrurus rusticus Pasc. , type, Pascoe Coll.’, NHML. 4) E. tannae : in Paris, not present. Identified non-type specimens with BPBM, NHML, NZAC.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Vanuatu. Efate , Erromango, Tanna, Aneityum. 86 specimens .

ETYMOLOGY. — The specific name ‘serrulátus’ alludes to conspicuous teeth on the lateral costa of elytra.

REMARKS. — Vati was the old name of Efate. As no specimens were apparently collected on Efate since the species was described from this island in 1877, its occurrence on the island has to be confirmed.