Curculio dentipes (Roelofs)

Pelsue, Frank W. & Zhang, Runzhi, 2005, A Review of the Genus Curculio from China with Descriptions of Four New Taxa. Part V. The Curculio dentipes (Roelofs) Group (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Curculionini), The Coleopterists Bulletin (Bethesda, Md.: 1985) 59 (3), pp. 293-303 : 293-303

Curculio dentipes (Roelofs) Group

Diagnosis. Taxa of this group have rostrum abruptly emerging from frons, although

males may have base of the rostrum broad, origin of rostrum is below dorsal margin of

eye as seen in lateral view, females have a narrower base with origin well below dorsal

margin of eye; hind femur exceeds apex of elytra by the dorsal width of metafemoral

clava; antennal club small, except for C. imperalis that has club as long as funiculus.