Mascarapion mauritii ( Beguin-Billecocq, 1905 ) Wanat & Poussereau, 2019

Wanat, Marek & Poussereau, Jacques, 2019, Mascarapion, a new genus of the Apioninae (Coleoptera, Curculionoidea) from the Mascarene Islands, Zootaxa 4615 (2), pp. 343-350 : 349

Mascarapion mauritii ( Beguin-Billecocq, 1905) , new comb.

Apion mauritii Beguin-Billecocq, 1905: 142 .

The type specimen of this little known species has not been detected in L. Beguin-Billecocq’s collection at MNHN by the senior author. No other material was available for this study, except for the image by Harry Taylor (BMNH) published at ‘Beetles of Mauritius’ website http://mauritiusbeetles.myspecies.info/gallery?page=6 ( Motala et al., 2009), allowing for unambiguous placement of this species in the genus Mascarapion. It is at first glance distinct from M. roudieri and M. richardi in having tri-colored vestiture on the elytra, with pure white scales forming a small, isolated postscutellar spot.