Curculio imperialis, (Forster)

Morrone, Juan J., 2002, The Neotropical Weevil Genus Entimus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae): Cladistics, Biogeography, And Modes Of Speciation, The Coleopterists Bulletin 56 (4), pp. 501-513 : 507-508

E. imperialis (Forster)

( Figs. 1 , 7 )

Curculio imperialis Forster 1771:34 ; Latreille 1804:158 ( Brachyrhinus ); Germar 1817:341 ( Entimus ).

Diagnosis. Frontal groove shallow; pronotum wider than long, with acute postocular lobes, and erect setae; scutellum protruding; elytra with angulate

and projecting humeri, interstriae lacking rounded tubercles, and abundant setae; scales elongate­ovate, only covering punctures, imbricate, absent on intestriae; elytra lacking white bands; and male legs with abundant setae. Total length (pronotum 1 elytra): 16–33 mm.

Distribution. Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay.

Material Examined. BRAZIL. Bahia: Bahia , X­1981, 1 ( BMNH) . Espirito Santo: Jetiba´ , II­1964, 1 ( MACN) . Minas Gerais: Ipatinga , 1988, 1 ( MZFC) , X­1993, E. J. Grossi coll., 5 ( MZFC) . Rio de Janeiro: Mendes , Hno. Eufrasio coll, 2 ( MACN) . Without more precise data. 4 (3 BMNH, 1 MACN) .

Figures

Fig. 1. Entimus imperialis, habitus drawing.

Figs. 6–9. Entimus spp., habitus photographs. 6) E. granulatus (30 mm length); 7) E. imperialis (28 mm length); 8) E. nobilis (29 mm length); 9) E. sastrei (22 mm length).