Curculio maculanigra (Roelofs), 1981

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

Curculio maculanigra (Roelofs)

Figs. 29–30

Balaninus macula­nigra Roelofs 1874:158 .

Balaninus sakaguchii Kono 1928:173 .

Curculio maculanigra (Roelofs) Morimoto 1981:128 .

Type. Japan: Holotype male, B. macula­nigra (INSB) .

Diagnosis. Oval; 5.5–6.0 mm (mean = 5.75, n = 2) in length; 2.7–3.0 mm (mean = 2.85, n = 2) in width; derm fuscous; scape as long as funicular segments 4–7; disc of prothorax slightly convex in lateral view, with square, basocentral, fuscous macula proximal to scutellum, anterior to fuscous macula with white, bar­shaped, macula; mesosternal intercoxal process not prominent; elytra with mid­central, fuscous to piceous macula on interval 1 distad of scutellum to midpoint with an arrow­shaped white macula, arrow­head pointing distally; basal half of elytra with scattered, white, macula, and white apical macula; hind femoral tooth large­sized. Genitalia: Diagram found in Morimoto (1962), Tabula 3, figure G.

Distribution. Japan; China: Fujian Province.

Remarks. This species resembles Curculio marioi n. sp. Pelsue and Zhang (2000 b), but differs in length of hind femur not exceeding apex of abdomen, and male genitalia, with truncate apex and broader in lateral view than C. marioi .