Curculio interpositus Voss, 1958

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 : 15-16

Curculio interpositus Voss

Figs. 9–10, 69, 75–78

Curculio interpositus Voss 1958:93 .

Type. China: Fujian Province, Kuatun ; Holotype female ( ZFMK).

Diagnosis. Elongate; 2.6–3.4 mm (mean = 3.1 mm, n = 11) in length; 1.3– 1.8 mm (mean = 1.6 mm, n = 11) in width; derm fuscous; rostrum as long as half body length; segment 2 of funiculus as long as 1; antennal club as long or longer than funicular segments 4–7; scape as long as funicular segments 1– 6; scutellum impressed, longer than broad, somewhat linear, clothed with narrow, elongate, white scales; elytral striae rather deep, with rather large, clavate, white scales, intervals broad, flat, with narrow, elongate, white scales, two fascia of fuscous scales at midpoint and distad of midpoint toward apex; hind femur not reaching apex of abdomen, tooth small. Genitalia: median lobe of aedeagus 0.6 mm (n = 1) in length; 0.15 mm (n = 1) in width; margins evenly thick to acute apex in dorsal view, laterally slightly thick and deflected; apodeme 0.7 mm (n = 1) in length (Figs. 75–77); spermatheca: ramus long, erect, thickened; collum rounded; cornu thickly deflected to tapered acute apex (n = 1) (Fig. 78).

Distribution. China: Fujian Province, Kuatun, Jianyang, and Congan.

Remarks. Separated from remainder of species group by small size, distinctive scale pattern, rather flat in lateral view, and evenly sclerotized margins of male genitalia.