Euwallacea fornicatior (Eggers, 1923), 2018

Gomez, Demian F., Skelton, James, Steininger, M. Sedonia, Stouthamer, Richard, Rugman-Jones, Paul, Sittichaya, Wisut, Rabaglia, Robert J. & Hulcr, Jiri, 2018, Species Delineation Within the Euwallacea fornicatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Complex Revealed by Morphometric and Phylogenetic Analyses, Insect Systematics and Diversity 2 (6), No. 2, pp. 1-11 : 9

Euwallacea fornicatior (Eggers, 1923) , stat. rev.

The lectotype of E. fornicatior (NMNH) was classified as belonging to the TSHBb clade based on body measurements. The name E. fornicatior (Eggers 1923) , synonymized with E. fornicatus by Beeson (in 1930), is resurrected. Specimens within this clade are stouter than those of E. fornicatus s. str., with an elytra length of 1.41–1.45 mm and a pronotum length of 1.01–1.05 mm, with 6 or 7 socketed denticles on the margin of protibia. Pronotum width in this clade is 1–1.04 mm and elytra width is 0.48–0.52 mm. Distribution: Asia ( Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Singapore, Sri Lanka).

Euwallacea whitfordiodendrus (Schedl,

1942) stat. rev.

The lectotype of E. whitfordiodendrus (NHMW) was classified as belonging to the PSHB clade (the PSHB) based on body measures. The name E. whitfordiodendrus (Schedl 1942) , synonymized with E. fornicatus by Wood (1989), is resurrected. Specimens within this clade have an elytra length of 1.55–1.67 mm and a pronotum length of 1.08–1.14 mm, with 8 or 9 socketed denticles on the margin of protibia. Pronotum width in this clade is 1.05–1.11 mm and elytra width is 0.51–0.55 mm. Distribution: Asia ( China, Hong Kong, Japan, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam) and introduced in United States (California), Israel, and Africa ( South Africa).