Platysimus fleutiauxi (Paulian)

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 : 158-159

publication ID	978-2-85653-605-6
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5492958
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039F87B5-FFFF-4714-FE9F-FA7DFB43FE59
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Platysimus fleutiauxi (Paulian)
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Treatment

Platysimus fleutiauxi (Paulian) View in CoL

Fig. 54

Heteroglymma fleutiauxi Paulian, 1945: 187 View in CoL , figs 20, 2l.

Platysimus fleutiauxi View in CoL – Marshall 1956: 119.

DESCRIPTION. — Male: humeral area convexly rounded rounded, not sinuous. Stria 6 usually interrupted about the middle by the lateral flange. Elytral declivity in lateral view steeper, with a more pronounced curvature than in P. hibisci . Femora rather strongly clavate. Aedeagus less than 4 x longer than wide between base and sides of ostial area, with short, not upturned apex.

Female: elytra distinctly rounded on sides. Ventrite 5 at base with a deep, crescent-shaped, shiny excavation.

Length: 3.2-4.7 mm.

TYPE MATERIAL. — No syntypes present. Identified specimens with NZAC, SRFP .

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — New Caledonia: Baie de Prony , Balade , Houaïlou , Nouméa. Loyalty Is: Lifou, Maré. Île des Pins. 26 specimens .

HOSTPLANTS. — The specicmens from Maré I, were found on avocado ( Persea americana , Lauraceae ).

ETYMOLOGY. — The species is named after the French entomologist Edmond Fleutiaux.

References

Abbreviations

NZAC	New Zealand Arthropod Collection

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Coleoptera
Family	Curculionidae
Genus	Platysimus