Chryasus pomponella Prena, 2024

Prena, Jens, 2024, Consolidation of Aniops Casey, Psiona Casey, Preglyptobaris Bondar and Prospoliata Hustache with Chryasus Champion (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Baridinae) and descriptions of new species, Zootaxa 5492 (1), pp. 1-24 : 7

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5492.1.1

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13212308

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scientific name

Chryasus pomponella Prena
status

sp. nov.

3. Chryasus pomponella Prena , new species

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Diagnosis. This is the largest of all known species, readily recognizable by its distinctive color pattern and the extremely humped pronotum.

Description. Total length 5.9–6.4 mm, width 3.0– 3.2 mm (n=2); integument fuscous to black, antenna and legs brown, elytron yellow ochre with reddish brown base and apex; body elongate rhomboidal, sides of pronotum and elytra for most parts very gently curved, pronotum very strongly vaulted, distinctly vermiculate on disc and shallowly punctate on flank, elytron with slight basal tumidity but otherwise comparatively flat, interstriae ridged, male metaventral protuberance moderately developed and slightly channeled by discrimen, male ventrites 1, 2 and 5 shallowly depressed and with erect squamulae; all femora with secondary denticles but barely perceptible on fore leg; genitalia not examined.

Material examined. Holotype male, labeled “ PERU: Junin, Satipo, Santa Cruz , ii.2012 ” ( CMNC) . Paratype (1 female): Peru, Marcapata ( JPPC) .

Etymology. The name is a noun in apposition, adopted from that of the last little grandniece of King Futsch of Pompolonia, a fictive character by Max Kruse.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Curculionidae

Genus

Chryasus

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