Curculio sikkimensis (Heller)

Pelsue, Frank W. & Zhang, Runzhi, 2003, A Review of the Genus Curculio from China with Descriptions of Fourteen New Species. Part IV. The Curculio sikkimensis (Heller) Group (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Curculioninae: Curculionini), The Coleopterists Bulletin 57 (3), pp. 311-333 : 312-313

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https://doi.org/ 10.1649/570

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scientific name

Curculio sikkimensis (Heller)
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Key to the Species of the Curculio sikkimensis (Heller) View in CoL Group

1 Profemur unarmed. Male 3.3 mm ( Figs. 1–2 View Figs ) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - C. hsifanus (Heller) View in CoL

1 9 Profemur armed, size variable - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2

2(1 9) Segment 1 of antennae twice as long as 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3

2 9 Segment 1 of antennae as long as or longer than 2, but not twice as long as 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4

3(2 9) Hind femur with prominent proximolateral sulcus, reaching apex of abdomen; mesosternal intercoxal process prominent Male 5.0– 5.3 mm (Figs. 11–12) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - C. penteri View in CoL n. sp.

3 9 Hind femur lacking prominent proximolateral sulcus, not reaching apex of abdomen; mesosternal intercoxal process not prominent. Female 4.5 mm ( Figs. 13–14 View Figs ) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - C. zangi View in CoL n. sp.

4(2) Antennal club as long as or longer than funicular segments 5–7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5

4 9 Antennal club not as long as funicular segments 5–7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 12

5(4) Rostrum half as long as or less than half the body length - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6

5 9 Rostrum longer than half the body length - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 8

6(5) Mesosternal intercoxal process prominent; hind femur with proximolateral sulcus. Male 5.0 mm (Figs. 3–4) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - C. c -album Fabricius

6 9 Mesosternal intercoxal process not prominent; hind femur without proximolateral - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7

7(6 9) Hind femur does not reach apex of abdomen; testaceous with white maculae. Male 3.4 mm (Figs. 5–6) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - C. pylzovi (Smirnov) View in CoL

7 9 Hind femur reaches apex of abdomen; uniformly piceous Female 2.9 mm (Figs. 15–16) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - C. nigra View in CoL n. sp.

8(5 9) Tooth on hind femur small (Fig. 6) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 9

8 9 Tooth on hind femur medium to large (Fig. 24) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 10

9(8) Sternite 1 as long as 2 behind coxal cavity; metauncus small. Female 2.6 mm ( Figs. 7–8 View Figs ) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - C. hippophes Zhang View in CoL

9 9 Sternite 1 longer than 2 behind coxal cavity; metauncus absent; elytra with fascia of back to back ‘‘C’’. Female 2.9 mm (Figs. 17–18) - - - C. dijoui View in CoL n. sp.

10(8 9) Scape not as long as funicular segments 1–3. Female 5.0 mm ( Figs. 19–20 View Figs ) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - C. mullai View in CoL n. sp.

10 9 Scape as long as funicular segments 1–3 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 11

11(10 9) Mesosternal intercoxal process prominent (Fig. 30). Male 6.0 mm (Figs. 21–22) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - C. megadens View in CoL n. sp.

11 9 Mesosternal intercoxal process not prominent (Fig. 24). Male 5.7–6.0 mm (Figs. 23–24); Female 6.5 mm - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - C. careoparvus View in CoL n. sp.

12(4 9) Segment 2 of funiculus shorter than 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 13

12 9 Segment 2 of funiculus as long as 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 15

13(12) Scape longer than funicular segments 1–3 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 14

13 9 Scape shorter than funicular segments 1–3 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 16

14(13) Hind femoral tooth small. Female 5.5 mm ( Figs. 25–26 View Figs ) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - C. brevidens View in CoL n. sp.

14 9 Hind femoral tooth medium. Male 7.0 mm ( Figs. 37–38 View Figs ) - - - - - - - C. lyali View in CoL n. sp.

15(12 9) Mesosternal intercoxal process prominent (Fig. 10). Male 6.0– 7.2 mm (Figs. 9–10) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - C. sikkimensis (Heller) View in CoL

15 9 Mesosternal intercoxal process not prominent (Fig. 28). Female 5.5 mm (Figs. 27–28) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - C. bullabrevis View in CoL n. sp.

16(13 9) Metauncus absent. Female 6.7 mm (Figs. 29–30) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - C. wangi View in CoL n. sp.

16 9 Metauncus small, but present - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 17

17(16 9) Hind femur not reaching apex of abdomen. Male 6.0 mm (Figs. 35–36) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - C. songi View in CoL n. sp.

17 9 Hind femur reaching apex of abdomen - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 18

18(17 9) Mesosternal intercoxal process not prominent. Male 4.7 mm (Figs. 33–34) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - C. hobbsi View in CoL n. sp.

18 9 Mesosternal intercoxal process prominent. Male 5.7 mm ( Figs. 31–32 View Figs ) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - C. pascoei View in CoL n. sp.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Curculionidae

Genus

Curculio

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