Curculio subfenestratus Voss, 1940

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 : 19

Curculio subfenestratus Voss

Figs. 41–42, 94–96

Curculio subfenestratus Voss 1940 :

Type. China: type deposited in ( ZMHB) .

Diagnosis. Oval; 5.0– 5.4 mm (n = 2) in length; 3.0– 3.2 mm (n = 2) in width; derm fuscous; rostrum less than half as long as the body, with median carina, scape inserted in apical half; antennal club not as long as funicular segments 4–7, scape as long as funicular segments 1–5; pronotum uniformly clothed with narrow, elongate, ochraceous scales; scutellum large, longer than broad, clothed with ochraceous scales; elytra with rather deep median declivity distad of scutellum, and fascia of ocherous scales beyond midpoint; pro­ and mesofemoral teeth small, hind femoral tooth medium­sized, with prominent proximolateral sulcus; prouncus large, longer than tarsal claw. Genitalia: median lobe of aedeagus 1.5 mm (n = 1) in length; 0.3 mm (n = 1) in width; margins evenly thick and spaced to apex, rather thin basally broadening to apex with even deflection in lateral view, apex roundly pointed; apodeme 0.7 mm (n = 1) in length ( Figs. 94–96 ).

Distribution. China.

Remarks. Can be distinguished from the other species in the group by the male genitalia: dorsally margins narrow; laterally narrow at the base gradually broadening to thick deflected apex.

Figures

Figs. 94–96. Curculio subfenestratus. 94) median lobe, dorsal aspect; 95) median lobe lateral aspect; 96) median lobe, apex. Figs. 97–99. Curculio aino 97) median lobe, dorsal aspect; 98) median lobe, lateral aspect; 99) median lobe, apex. Figs. 100­102. Curculio sleeperi n. sp. 100) median lobe, dorsal aspect; 101) median lobe, lateral aspect; 102) median lobe, apex. Figs. 103­106. Curculio obrieni n. sp. 103) median dorsal aspect; 104) median lobe, lateral aspect; 105) median lobe, apex; 106) spermatheca, lateral aspect. Various scales.