Leptomias longiscapus Aslam, 1961

Panhwar, Waheed Ali, Franz, Nico M., Lakhiar, Amjad & Meregalli, Massimo, 2015, On some Leptomias Faust, 1886 from Pakistan (Coleoptera ¡ Curculionidae ¡ Entiminae)., Arquivos Entomolóxicos 14, pp. 43-46 : 44-45

Leptomias longiscapus Aslam, 1961

Material examined: 8 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀, 3.VI.2014 (Lakhiar & Panhwar leg.)

Diagnostic features:

Body coloration generally black, covered dorsally and ventrally with coppery scales; elytra with scattered dark spots. Head punctate; frons broader than rostrum and more than twice as broad as the convex eyes; rostral furrow slight and hardly surpassing hind margin of eyes. Rostrum as long as broad, pointed from base to the socket of insertion of antennae and then faintly widened but still slighter than the base; median furrow narrow and wide with a longitudinal impression on either side. Antennae with scape surpassing the hind fringe of eyes. Prothorax oblique, widest after middle, tip slighter than base, sides curvy; smooth in front but randomly and intensely punctate after head and lateral sides; base keeled but not clearly impressed. Scutellum small. Elytra tipped and bulging at base, shoulders curved a little after the base. Legs covered with scales; foretibiae denticulate and faintly curved.

Measurements¡ ♂, Length¡ 7.5-8.5 mm; Width¡ 2.5-3.5 mm. ♀, Length¡ 10-11.5 mm; Width¡ 4.7-6.5 mm.

Comments: Aslam (1961) captured this species at an elevation of 4,000 ft. in West Bhatket, Kumaon, India. During the present survey it has been collected in the fertile Jaglot valley at an elevation of 6,522 ft.