Pseudaparopion Borovec, Osella & Zuppa, 2002

Hlaváč, Peter, 2020, Review of the tribe Typoderini (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) from Caucasus with the description of a new species of Caulomorphus from Armenia, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (Acta. Ent. Mus. Natl. Pragae) 60 (2), pp. 629-638 : 637

Pseudaparopion Borovec, Osella & Zuppa, 2002

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Pseudaparopion Borovec, Osella & Zuppa,2002:870 (original descripti-

on).Aඅඈඇඌඈ-ZൺඋൺඓൺǤൺ (2013): 497 (catalogue);Aඅඈඇඌඈ-ZൺඋൺඓൺǤൺ

(2017): 491 (catalogue).

Type species. Aparopion aequale Reitter, 1883 by original designation.

Diagnosis. Body oval, length 3.8–5.1 mm, elytra and pronotum lacking erect setae, head longer than pronotum, eyes large, oval, clearly visible in dorsal view, situated at base of rostrum, rostrum lacking carinae, densely punctate, punctures small, scrobes visible dorsally, antennae inserted subapically, slender, scape long, reaching anterior margin of eyes, funicule with 7 antennomeres, antennomeres II and III of about same length. Pronotum simply convergent in anterior part, lacking carinae or smooth median line, rugosely punctate, postocular lobe absent, scutellum not visible. Elytra wide, EL/EW ratio <1.25, with elevated granulate interstriae, striae with punctures, confluent with interstriae, with fine setae on whole surface, apex of elytra sharp, lacking constriction, procoxae separated, mesocoxae widely separated, ventrite I and II separated by suture, ventrite I about as long as II, tarsomere III strongly bilobed, onychium long, clearly longer than tarsomeres II and III together, median lobe of aedeagus symmetrical, tegmen lacking parameres.

Remarks. The genus has been proposed for two species, Aparopion aequale Reitter, 1883 from Azerbaijan (Lenkoran), which was found not to be congeneric with the other species of Aparopion based on the structure of elytra that are not carinate and lack tubercules, and on a different shape of female genitalia (Zඎඉඉൺ & Oඌൾඅඅൺ 1999), and for a new, closely related species, Pseudaparopion kadleci Borovec, Osella & Zuppa, 2002 from the Mazandaran Province of Iran.

Figures

Fig. 1. Dorsal habitus. a – Adexius scrobipennis Gyllenhal, 1834; b – Anchonidium caucasicum Motschulsky, 1845; c – Caulomorphus kociani sp. nov.; d – Anchonidium perpensum Faust, 1886; e – Aparopion costatum (Fåhraeus, 1843); f – Pseudaparopion kadleci Borovec, Osella & Zuppa, 2002.