Elytrurus ambrymensis Marshall

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 : 146

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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5492944
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scientific name	Elytrurus ambrymensis Marshall
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Elytrurus ambrymensis Marshall View in CoL

Fig. 42

Elytrurus ambrymensis Marshall, 1938: 73 View in CoL , 81. — Paulian 1945: 195, figs 43, 66.

DESCRIPTION. — Among the species with apical processes arising above the apical margin of elytra and projecting well beyond the abdomen, and with setose prementum, E. ambrymensis is distinguished by being of a uniform black with large shiny granules and very small scales that leave most of the integument exposed.

Length: 14.0-16.0 mm.

TYPE MATERIAL. — Described from two specimens: holotype (type) female, deposited with BPBM (not seen); paratype (cotype) female deposited with NHML (seen). No other specimens present .

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Vanuatu. Ambrym. One specimen.

ETYMOLOGY. — A patronymic epithet from Ambrym Island.