Baldorhynchus valvestinus (Osella, 1983)

Bello, Cesare, Osella, Giuseppe & Baviera, Cosimo, 2016, A taxonomic revision of the genus Baldorhynchus (Di Marco & Osella, 2002) stat. n. (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Entiminae), Zootaxa 4070 (1), pp. 1-101 : 72

Baldorhynchus valvestinus (Osella, 1983) stat. n.

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Troglorhynchus kahleni ssp. valvestinus Osella, 1983: 95 -123; Abbazzi & Osella, 1992: 302; Abbazzi et al., 1994: 21.

Troglorhynchus kahleni valvestinus: Osella & Zuppa, 1998: 1126 -1127.

Otiorhynchus (Troglorhynchus) kahleni valvestinus: Magnano, 1998: 71 .

Otiorhynchus (Baldorhynchus) kahleni ssp. valvestinus: Di Marco & Osella, 2002: 258 ; Colonnelli, 2003: 39; Abbazzi & Maggini, 2009: 53; Magnano & Alonso Zarazaga.

Type locality. “ Valvestino , Val Droanello, 550 m, Giudicarie, Brescia”.

Diagnosis. A Baldorhynchus species of small size belonging to the B. kahleni group. Within the species group, it is recognisable by the slightly conic, elongate rostrum and the less oblong scrobes. Punctation of the pronotum wrinkled, irregularly scattered, dense and slightly deep. Elytral punctation small, regularly arranged, deep and isodiametric. Total length: 3.80 mm. Elytra with length/width ratio 1.91. Pronotum length 0.76 with length/width ratio 1.03.

Description. See Osella (1983) and figures hoc opus.

Holotype. Male. Total length: 3.80 mm. Scape length: 0.80 mm; funicle length: 0.80 mm. Scape length/funicle length ratio: 1.00. Funicle with club ratios: 9: 6: 4:.5: 4: 5: 4: 27 (club). Vestigial eyes present, visible, not covered by pubescence. Vertex width/mesorostrum width: ratio 2.00. Pronotum ratio: 1.03 (length: 0.76 mm, width: 0.74 mm). Elytra ratio: 1.91 (length: 2.10 mm, width: 1.10 mm).

Distribution. See Osella (1983) and Fig. 131.

Material. We examined the material studied by Osella (1983).

Other material: " I, Brescia, Val Vestino, Val Droanello, 550 m, (BS), 2. 4. [19]83,

Leg. Kahlen” (TLMF): one female.

Ecology/Phenology. See Osella (1983).

Reproduction. Amphigonic.

Systematic notes. In this work, we elevate the taxon Otiorhynchus (Baldorhynchus) kahleni valvestinus (Osella, 1983) to species level as Baldorhynchus valvestinus (Osella, 1983) .