Curculio ignobilis (Heller)

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 : 22-23

Curculio ignobilis (Heller)

Figs. 61–62

Balaninus ignobilis Heller 1927:187 .

Type. India: Sikkim, Holotype male ( SMTD).

Diagnosis. Robust; 6.4 mm (n = 1) in length; 3.5 mm (n = 1) in width; derm fuscopiceous; rostrum longer than half body length; antennal club not as long as funicular segments 4–7 combined, segment 2 of funiculus as long as 1; pronotum clothed with narrow, elongate, fuscous scales; mesosternal intercoxal process prominent; scutellum small­sized to medium, longer than broad, with median vitta of white scales; elytra convex in lateral view, striae deep, with white and fuscous scales, intervals broad clothed with fuscous and scattered aggregations of white scales, humeri prominent, rounded; pro­ and mesofemoral teeth small, hind femur with slightly larger small tooth, hind femur with feeble proximolateral sulcus; abdominal sternite 1 not as long as 2 behind coxal cavity. Genitalia: Not dissected.

Distribution. China: Sichuan Province, Emei Shan, 800–1,000 m; India: Sikkim.

Remarks. Appears similar to C. helleri n. sp. in general form with somewhat convex elytra in lateral view, but darker in color.

Figures

Figs. 61–62. Curculio ignobilis (Heller) Male, habitus dorsal and lateral views, holotype. Figs. 63–64. Curculio albisquama Ter­Minessian Male, habitus dorsal and lateral views. holotype. Figs. 65–66. Curculio balmeri n. sp. Female, habitus dorsal and lateral views. Various scales.