Anomalodermus flexuosocostatus Perroud

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 : 148-149

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scientific name	Anomalodermus flexuosocostatus Perroud
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Anomalodermus flexuosocostatus Perroud View in CoL

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Anomalodermus flexuosocostatus Perroud, 1865: 147 View in CoL .

DESCRIPTION. — Besides the features brought up in the key, this species differs from the other two in having nonproclinate elytra, small but visible, with white scales covered scutellum, interstriae 3 and 5 raised from base to apical

declivity to a low winding costa, the base of elytra, in dorsal view, rather evenly curved, not sinuous, and a sparsely pilose corbel plate.

Length: 5.8-8.0 mm.

TYPE MATERIAL. — Six syntypes present. Lectotype male, 6.0 x 3.2 mm, ‘ Kanala, Montrouzier, type, Anomalodermus Perr., Coll. Fauvel’, IRSN. 5 paratypes with IRSN, MNHN. Identified non-type specimens with BPBM, MNHW, NZAC, QMBA, SRFP.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — New Caledonia. Aoupinié, Baie de Prony , Canala, Col d’Amieu, Col de la Pirogue, Forêt Nord (22°19’S, 166°55E), 10 km S of Koh, La Crouen , Mt. Koghi, Pic du Grand Kaori. 38 specimens GoogleMaps .

REMARKS. — Heller (1916) misinterpreted this species and, as aresult, the concept of Anomalodermus (see Hellerius ).