Laparocerus crassus Roudier, 1957

Machado, Antonio, 2006, The type material of the species of Laparocerus Schönherr, 1834 (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Entiminae), Journal of Natural History 40 (35 - 37), pp. 2001-2055 : 2012-2013

Laparocerus crassus Roudier, 1957

Laparocerus crassus Roudier 1957a, p 28 .

Type locality. Las Mercedes, Tenerife, Canary Islands.

Holotype: 1♀ [Canaries /Pécoud/1933] [Type] [ Laparocerus / crassus /n.sp. Roudier/A. Roudier det]. MNHN, Paris (Coll. Ruter).

Remarks. The type has no indication of locality, except for ‘‘Canaries’’. In his voyage to the Canaries in 1933, Pécoud collected in three islands: Gran Canaria (Telde, Cruz de Tejeda), Tenerife (Las Mercedes, Los Silos, Montaña Bermeja), and La Gomera (Hermigua, Valle Gran Rey). I have been able to locate several closely related but different species of this group in Tenerife, La Palma, and Gran Canaria. All the specimens coincident with the type of L. crassus come from the NW of Tenerife, the old massif of Anaga. Pecoud’s locality of ‘‘Las Mercedes’’ is in Anaga.

Laparocerus curvipes Lindberg, 1950

Laparocerus (Wollastonicerus) curvipes Lindberg 1950, p 17 .

Type locality. San Miguel, Tenerife, Canary Islands.

Holotype: 1♀ [Tenerife/San Miguel/26.1.49 Lindberg] [ Laparocerus / curvipes m. /Harald Lindb. det.] [Mus. Zool. H:fors/Spec. typ. No. 2523 [ Laparocerus / curvipes Har. Lindb. ZMUH (Coll. Lindberg) , Helsinki. Right anterior tarsus and left intermediate tarsus are missing. Paratypes: 1„ [Tenerife/San Miguel/26.1.49 Lindberg]. ZMUH (Coll. Lindberg), Helsinki ( Figure 7A ). 1„ [gen. 33], same data. MNHN (Coll. Roudier), Paris. 1♀, same data. NHM (General Coll.), London. 1♀, same data. NR (General Coll.), Stockholm.

Remarks. According to Lindberg and Lindberg (1958, p 24), the original type series was formed by nine specimens. It seems the rest is not in the Zoological Museum of Helsinki at present (perhaps related to Loan C-89 1764–65). To date, I have not met this species in natura.

Figures

Figure 7. (A) Paratype of Laparocerus curvipes Lindberg, 1950; (B) paratype of Laparocerus microphthalmus Lindberg, 1950; (C) paratype of Laparocerus transversus Lindberg, 1950.