Leptomias acuminatus Aslam, 1961

Panhwar, Waheed Ali, Franz, Nico M., Lakhiar, Amjad & Meregalli, Massimo, 2015, On some Leptomias Faust, 1886 from Pakistan (Coleoptera ¡ Curculionidae ¡ Entiminae)., Arquivos Entomolóxicos 14, pp. 43-46 : 44

Leptomias acuminatus Aslam, 1961

Material examined: 2 ♂♂, 4 ♀♀, 3.VI.2014 (Lakhiar & Panhwar leg.)

Diagnostic features:

Body ferruginous excluding head that is darker; dorsal and ventral sides covered with coppery scales; elytra with dark and white spots. Head punctate; frons with median groove thinner than rostrum and persistent behind the hind margin of eyes; head width a little more than twice the diameter of eyes, eyes convex, square dorsally. Rostrum longer than broad, subparallel, with median furrow narrowing towards base; short carina on each side diverging towards apex. Antennae with scape reaching middle of eye. Prothorax broader than long, slightly rounded, broader behind middle, apex somehow slighter than base and median ill-defined but present. Pronotum and sides rugosely and coarsely granulate, granules setose and squamose. Scutellum triangular. Elytra faintly pointed at base and humped, depressed between intervals three and four on each side before middle. Legs covered with coppery scales; foretibiae faintly curved at tip, denticulate and mucronate internally.

Measurements: ♂, Length¡ 9-10 mm; Width¡ 3-4 mm. ♀, Length¡ 11.5-12.5 mm; Width¡ 5-6 mm.

Comments: Aslam (1961) reported this species from the Tibet valley at an elevation of 9,000 ft. During the present survey it has been collected in the Kalam valleys at an elevation of 6,801 ft. This finding provides the first record of this species from Pakistan.