Entimus fastuosus (Olivier, 1790)

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 : 504-505

E. fastuosus 1211101201100111

E. granulatus 1101000200111011

E. imperialis 0211001201110101

E. nobilis 0211111111100102

E. sastrei 1210101101101111

1. Frontal groove: [0] shallow; [1] widened.

2. Pronotum shape: [0] subcylindrical; [1] as wide as long; [2] wider than long.

3. Postocular lobes: [0] rounded; [1] acute.

4. Scutellum: [0] flat; [1] protruding.

5. Elytral humeri: [0] angulate and projecting; [1] rounded.

6. Interstriae: [0] lacking rounded tubercles; [1] with rounded tubercles.

7. Scales: [0] ovate; [1] elongate­ovate; [2] seta­like.

8. Scales: [0] uniformly covering elytra; [1] uniformly covering striae; [2] only covering punctures.

9. Elytral scales: [0] imbricate; [1] contiguous to slightly overlapping.

10. Scales on interstriae: [0] present; [1] absent.

11. White bands on elytra: [0] present; [1] absent.

12. Pronotal setae: [0] decumbent; [1] erect.

13. Elytral setae: [0] abundant; [1] scarce to absent.

14. Long setae on male legs: [0] scarce; [1] abundant.

15. Aedeagal relative length: [0] longer than apodemes; [1] shorter than apodemes.

16. Aedeagal apex: [0] rounded; [1] slightly acute; [2] strongly acute.

59 Elytral humeri rounded; striae with scales spreading over two or more puncturesm ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6

6 Striae with green scales, in regular rows. Argentina ----- E. sastrei ( Fig. 9 )

69 Striae with golden and/or green scales, irregularly placed. Brazil -------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- E. fastuosus ( Fig. 5 )

Figures

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).

Figs. 2–5. Phaedropus togatus and Entimus spp., habitus photographs. 2) Phaedropus togatus (13 mm length); 3) Entimus arrogans (30 mm length); 4) E. excelsus (25 mm length); 5) E. fastuosus (35 mm length).