Mecinus circulatus (Marsham, 1802)

Caldara, Roberto & Fogato, Valter, 2013, Systematics of the weevil genus <i> Mecinus </ i> Germar, 1821 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). I. Taxonomic treatment of the species, Zootaxa 3654 (1), pp. 1-105 : 48

Mecinus circulatus group

Diagnosis. Body elongate, subcylindrical, elytral integument reddish and black to completely black, protibiae with apical part of ventral surface distinctly directed outward.

Remarks and comparative notes. Within this species group, M. circulatus and M. suturalis are undoubtfully sister species due to the shape of the spermatheca as are the pair M. pyraster and M. baridioides , due to the shape of spermatheca and ventrite 5 of the male having a tuft of hairs at the midline.