Viticis, Lea, 1930

Zimmerman, Elwood C., 1942, Curculionidae of Guam, Insects of Guam I, Honolulu, Hawaii: Bernice P. Bishop Museum, pp. 73-146 : 80

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5159964

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5163911

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scientific name

Viticis
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Genus VITICIS Lea, 1930 View in CoL

Heretofore, this genus has been known only from the genotype, Viticis bidentatus Lea (Zimmerman, B. P. Bishop Mus., 0cc. Papers 14(15): 306- 308, 1939) from Viti Levu, Fiji. It is easily recognized by its 6-segmented antennal funicle and its 3-segmented tarsi (the claw segment is wanting and the third segment is rounded and solid distally) together with its separated coxae and dentate femora.

Although the distribution of the genus now seems quite discontinuous, numerous new species undoubtedly will be described from various intervening islands. Since the writing of these notes, I have seen a new species from Amboina.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Curculionidae

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