Laparocerus instabilis ( Wollaston, 1854 )

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 : 2023-2024

Laparocerus instabilis ( Wollaston, 1854)

Atlantis instabilis Wollaston 1854, p 377 .

Type locality. Campo do Baixo , Island of Porto Santo, Madeiran archipelago .

Lectotypes: 1„, Campo do Baixo , Porto Santo, leg. Wollaston (ex litt.) [Type] [ Atlantis instabilis /Woll. type]. NHM, London . Paralectotypes: 18 exx some damaged and immature, December 1848, May 1849, Campo do Baixo and North of island, Porto Santo , leg. Wollaston. NHM, London. 8 exx, same data. UMO, Oxford. 19 exx, same data, MNHN (Coll. Générale-Clerc), Paris .

Laparocerus laevis Roudier, 1957

Laparocerus (Wollastonicerus) laevis Roudier 1957a, p 18 , Figure 1 (aedeagus).

Type locality. Topito, 850 m (Breña Alta), La Palma, Canary Islands .

Holotype: 1„, 28 April 1890 [Iles Canaries /Palma/Ch. Alluaud 1890//101] [Palma/Topito/ 850 m /Lauriers/28.IV.90] [L./sculptus/Brulle´/Uyttenb. det] [Type] [ Laparocerus / laevis n.sp. / Roudier /A. Roudier det.]. Aedeagus and ventrites on an additional card. MNHN (Coll. Ch. Alluaud), Paris. Paratype: 1♀, same data. MNHN (Coll. Ch. Alluaud), Paris.

Remarks. According to the travel map and notes of Alluaud (1891) the type locality is ‘‘sur le versant E. de la chaine central, dans la zone des lauriers, pès du lieu dit Topito’’. A locality Topito at 850 m altitude is unknown at present, but probably is located along the old road (15 km) from San Miguel to El Paso, in the municipality of Breña Alta.

Figures

Figure 1. Holotype of Laparocerus doramasensis Uyttenboogaart, 19295hirtus Wollaston, 1864. (A) Lateral view; (B) dorsal view; (C) frontal view.