Curculio carlae Pelsue and Zhang, 2002

Pelsue, Frank W. & Zhang, Runzhi, 2002, A Review Of The Genus Curculio From China With Descriptions Of New Taxa. Part III. The Curculio subfenestratus Voss Group (Curculionidae: Curculioninae: Curculionini), The Coleopterists Bulletin 56 (1), pp. 1-39 : 27-28

Curculio carlae Pelsue and Zhang , new species

Figs. 31–32 , 91–93

HOLOTYPE. China. Xishuangbanna : male [ China / Yunnan /Xishuanbanna/ 900 m / 29 June 1958 / Y. Zhang] ( IZAS).

Description. Male: length: 4.2 mm (n = 1). width: 2.1 mm (n = 1). Head: mediumsized; punctures small, with fine, small, narrow, elongate, testaceous scales; diffuse ventromedial macula of small, white scales. Rostrum: length: 2.0 mm (n = 1); 0.48 as long as body; sub­cylindrical, base to antennal insertion dilated, then narrowing to apex; 5 dorsal carinae from frons to distad of antennal insertion, with deep, squarish, punctures between carinae; almost straight to antennal insertion, then slightly arced to apex; scrobe ventral; scape inserted at midpoint. Antennae: length: scape 0.8 mm; funiculus: segment one 0.25 mm, two 0.2 mm, three 0.1 mm, four 0.1 mm, five 0.1 mm, six 0.1 mm, seven 0.1 mm, club 0.3 mm, funicle 0.95 mm (n = 1); scape 0.84 as long as funicle; vestiture glabrous; club compact, oval, as long as funicular segments 5–7. Thorax: length: 1.2 mm (n = 1); width: 1.7 mm (n = 1); 0.7 as long as broad; disc with middorsal longitudinal carina, margins evenly rounded from broad base to constriction, punctures small, clothed with narrow, elongate, testaceous and white scales mixed; flat in lateral view; anteroventral macula of clavate, white scales; base almost straight; mesosternal intercoxal process prominent with white scales; scutellum very small, broader than long, triangular, bifid, glabrous; mesepimeron, mesepisternum, metepisternum, and metasternum clothed with short, clavate, dirty white scales. Elytra: length: 2.6 mm (n = 1); striae deep, narrow, with small deep punctures; humeri rounded; disc flat in lateral view; intervals narrow, flat, with narrow, elongate, cinerous to testaceous scales; crosshatched setae short. Legs: length of hind femur 1.8 mm (n = 1), all femora with teeth medium­sized, acute apex; pro­ and metafemoral clava large about same size, mesofemoral clava smaller; all femora clothed with narrow, elongate, dirty white scales; tibiae sinuate, pro­, meso­ and metauncus large. Abdomen: sternite 1 longer than 2 behind coxal cavity; sternite 3 and 4 same length, combined longer than 5; sternite 5 truncate with lateral tuft of short seta­like scales; vestiture of all sternites of clavate, dirty white scales. Pygidium : small with short testaceous seta­like scales. Genitalia: median lobe 0.75 mm (n = 1) in length; 0.2 mm (n = 1) in width, margins even to near apex, rather thick­walled, abruptly tapering to narrow, elongate apex in dorsal view; thickened, almost even lacking any significant arc except for apex in lateral view; apodeme 1.1 mm (n = 1) in length (Figs. 91–93).

Remarks. Can be separated from remainder of group by the male genitalia.

Etymology. Named in honor of the senior author’s daughter­in­law Carla Yandura Pelsue.

Figures

Figs. 31–32. Curculio carlae n. sp. Male, habitus dorsal and lateral views, holotype. Figs. 33–34. Curculio coartorostrus n. sp. Female, habitus dorsal and lateral views, holotype. Figs. 35–36. Curculio artusfrons n. sp. Male, habitus dorsal and lateral views, holotype. Various scales.