Heilipus catagraphus Germar, 1834

Vanin, Sergio Antonio & Bená, Daniela De Cassia, 2015, A new species of Heilipus Germar (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Molytinae) associated with commercial species of Annonaceae in Brazil, and comments on other species of the genus causing damage to avocado trees in Brazil, Zootaxa 3905 (4), pp. 541-556 : 546-549

Heilipus catagraphus Germar, 1834

Figs. (35–55)

Heilipus catagraphus Germar, 1834: 400 (holotype " Brasilia ", NHRS, not examined); Boheman 1836:156; O'Brien & Wibmer, 1986: 146 (Cat.)

Description of genitalia and associate structures. Male genitalia ( Figs. 47–51 ): median lobe of aedeagus (Figs. 47,48) strongly arcuate, slender, about 3 times as long as wide, greatest width at base, sides subparallel to near apex, anterior margin and anterior margin rounded, asetose; apodemes about 1.2 times as long as median lobe; internal sac with mictrotrichiae but without large sclerites. Tegmen ( Fig. 49, 50 ) apex of manubrium (or apodeme) truncate. Sternite IX ( Fig. 51 ) with spiculum gastrale broad, evenly curved.

Female genitalia ( Figs. 52 ─55) Sternite VIII ( Fig. 55 ) Y-shaped, apodeme very short, apex with anterior margin expanded and bisinuous. Coxites short ( Fig. 53 ), about 3.2 times as long as wide; styli cylindrical, setose, elongate, about 2.2 times as long as wide ( Fig. 52 ), articulated subapically to coxite; spermatheca ( Fig. 54 ) with capsule well sclerotized, sickle-shaped, apex rounded, branches of similar size, gland lobe (ramus) and duct lobe (collum) about same length, approximate from each other by distance about as equal as length of duct lobe, gland of spermatheca rounded. Bursa copulatrix without sclerites.

Material examined. BRAZIL. Minas Gerais: Pouso Alegre, IX.1962, F.S. Pereira col. (1 ex., MZSP); Serra do Caraça 1880m, XI.1961, Kloss, Lenko, Martins & Silva col. (1 ex., MZSP); Vila Monte Verde, 15.III.1966, J. Halik col. (1 ex., MZSP). Rio de Janeiro: Itatiaia, I.1933, B. Pohl col. (1 ex., MZSP). São Paulo: Campinas, X.1982, A. Lourenção col., "em abacate" (1 male and 1 female dissected, MZSP; 6 exs., IAAC); Campos de Jordão, without date and collector, (1 ex. MZSP); Piraju, Fazenda Cabo de Ouro, 22.II.2013. C.J. Rosetto col., broqueando tronco de abacateiro (1 male, elytra dissected, MZSP; 3 exs., IACC); São Paulo, Jabaquara, IV.1984, S.T. Amarantes (1 ex. MZSP); Vale do Rio Pardo, XII.1898, E. Gounelle col. (1 ex., MZSP). Paraná: Ponta Grossa, 17.I.1939, Camargo col. (3 exs., MZSP). Santa Catarina: Rio Vermelho, III.1962, Dirings col. (2 exs. CNCI; 12 exs., MZSP); São Bento do Sul, V.1949, Dirings col. (1 ex., MZSP); same data, but II.1951 (2 exs., MZSP), same data, but XI.1963 (1 ex., MZSP); Timbó, IV.1956, Dirings col. (7 exs., MZSP).

Geographic distribution. Brazil, regions southeast (states of Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro and, São Paulo) and south (states of Paraná and Santa Catarina).

Host plants. avocado tree— Persea americana Mill. (Lauraceae) and "canelinha"— Nectandra venulosa Meisn. According to Silva et al. (1968), the weevil also develops in species of the family Annonaceae , "fruta-doconde"— Annona squamosa L. and "biribá", same common name for different species— Rollinia deliciosa Safford. and R. mucosa (Jacq.) Baill. The identification of the weevils associated with the Annonaceae species should be checked as possible being H. gibbus .

Figures

FIGURES 47 – 51. Heilipus catagraphus, male from Campinas, SP. (47) aedeagus lateral view, (48) aedeagus dorsal view, (49) tegmen dorsal view, (50) tegmen lateral view, (51) sternite IX, ventral view.

FIGURES 52 – 55. Heilipus catagraphus, female from Campinas, SP. (52) coxite, (53) reproductive tract, ventral view, (54) spermatheca, (55) sternite VIII. (dl = duct lobe; gl = gland lobe).