Mythapion rufonigrum (Béguin-Billecocq) Kissinger, David G., 2005

Kissinger, David G., 2005, Review Of Apioninae Of Chile (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea: Apionidae), The Coleopterists Bulletin 59 (1), pp. 71-90 : 87-88

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1649/0010-065X(2005)059[0071:ROAOCC]2.0.CO;2

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/942DAE20-0200-042F-FED1-B701FC3FFED3

treatment provided by

Tatiana

scientific name

Mythapion rufonigrum (Béguin-Billecocq)
status

comb. nov.

Mythapion rufonigrum (Béguin-Billecocq) , new combination

Apion rufonigrum Béguin-Billecocq (1909: 460) . Type locality: Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. Syntype /, labeled ‘‘ Type, République Argentine: Province de Buenos-Ayres, C. Bruch’ ’, examined (MNHN).

This species is close to M. trifolianum . In comparison, M. rufonigrum length is.2.0 mm, / rostrum in dorsal view is distinctly broader at base and narrows abruptly beyond antennal insertion,? rostrum in profile with dorsal margin nearly an unbroken straight

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line sided apex about 10 microns wide; for M. trifolianum length is, 1.8 mm, E rostrum in dorsal view slender, parallel-sided in basal 1/3, C rostrum in profile with dorsal margin a curved line from anterior margin of eye to apex, and median lobe of aedeagus in profile with apex about 25 microns wide and apex distinctly produced dorsally and ventrally.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Brentidae

Genus

Mythapion

Loc

Mythapion rufonigrum (Béguin-Billecocq)

Kissinger, David G. 2005
2005
Loc

Apion rufonigrum Béguin-Billecocq (1909: 460)

Beguin-Billecocq 1909: 460
1909
Loc

M. rufonigrum

Beguin-Billecocq 1909
1909
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