Elytrocallus chevrolati Montrouzier, 1861

Kuschel, Guillermo, 2008, Curculionoidea (weevils) of New Caledonia and Vanuatu: Basal families and some Curculionidae, Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 197, pp. 99-250 : 130-131

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978-2-85653-605-6

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5492918

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scientific name

Elytrocallus chevrolati Montrouzier
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Elytrocallus chevrolati Montrouzier

Figs 16, 17

Elytrocallus chevrolati Montrouzier, 1861a: 875 , pl. 7: 10. — Lacordaire 1863: 253, pl. 66: 1. — Chevrolat 1877b: 171. — Günther 1943: 20, 22.

Elytrocallus clathratus Günther, 1943: 23 View in CoL n. syn.

DESCRIPTION. — A well-defined species by the characters given in the key. Rather variable in the density of scaly covering on the elytra and in the amount of exposure of the integument. Males appear black to the naked eye but are sparsely squamose; females are abundantly squamose but usually showing a lattice-like pattern.

Length: 11.5-22.5 mm.

TYPE MATERIAL. — 1) E. chevrolati : two syntypes present. Lectotype female, 21.0 x 9.9 mm, ‘ Elytrocallus chevrolati Montr., Houaïlou, Nouvelle Calédonie, Coll. Fauvel’, IRSN. Paralectotype female, Coll. Chevrolat, NHRM. 2) E. clathratus : holotype female, 18.5 x 8.0 mm, ‘N. Caledonia, Deyrolle, Elytrocallus clathratus n. sp., K. Günther det.’, SMT.D.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — New Caledonia. Chutes de la Madeleine ( Plain de Lacs ), Col de Mouirange , Forêt de Thy , Houaïlou, La Coulée, Mt. d’Or , Mt. Koghi, Mt. Mou, Nouméa, Pindal, Plum, Rivière Bleue, St Louis. 55 specimens .

REMARKS. — The syntype specimen illustrated in the original work is selected as lectotype. The paralectotype in Coll. Chevrolat, Stockholm, is the largest specimen seen of the species; it is partly abraded .

IRSN

Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique

NHRM

Naturhistoriska Rijkmuseet

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Curculionidae

Genus

Elytrocallus

Loc

Elytrocallus chevrolati Montrouzier

Kuschel, Guillermo 2008
2008
Loc

Elytrocallus clathratus Günther, 1943: 23

GUNTHER K. 1943: 23
1943
Loc

Elytrocallus chevrolati Montrouzier, 1861a: 875

GUNTHER K. 1943: 20
CHEVROLAT L. A. A. 1877: 171
MONTROUZIER X. 1861: 875
1861
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