Ubychia icari Osella, 1980 : 816

Hlaváč, Peter & Nakládal, Oto, 2018, A new species of Ubychia Rost, 1893 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Brachycerinae) from the island Samos, Greece, with a discussion on the distribution of the genus, Zootaxa 4394 (4), pp. 567-574 : 568

Ubychia icari Osella, 1980: 816 .

Material examined. HOLOTYPE, ♀: GREECE: (h) GREciA—IcARiA, pRèS MONOkAmpiON, m 420 [420 m], 24.IV.1975, TAmiSAgE S. Platanus , lEg. B. HAUSER / [REd lAbEl] (h) HOlOTypUS / (p) MHNG ENTO 0 0 0 11171 / (h) Ubychia icari N. Sp . m. ♀, dET. OSEllA 1979 / REd lAbEl (p) UBYCHIA icari OSEllA , P. HlAváč dES., 2017. MHNG.

Supplemental description. BOdy ShiNy, lighT REddiSh-bROwN; ANTENNAE SlighTly pAlER; SETATiON ShORT ON hEAd, pRONOTUm ANd ElyTRA; ApEX Of ROSTRUm wiTh dENSE SETAE. LENgTh 2.32 mm; mAXimUm widTh Of ElyTRA 0.62 mm. HEAd cApSUlE glObUlAR, pROTRUdiNg fROm pRONOTUm; EyES cOmplETEly AbSENT; ROSTRUm lONg, pARAllEl SidEd, dOwNcURvEd, SEpARATEd fROm hEAd cApSUlE by wEAk dORSAl cONSTRicTiON; ANTENNAl SOckET NOT viSiblE iN dORSAl viEw; ROSTRUm ENlARgEd AbOvE ANTENNAl iNSERTiON; ScRObE ShORT, NOT REAchiNg hEAd cApSUlE; dORSAl SURfAcE ShAgREENEd. ANTENNAE wiTh 5-SEgmENTEd fUNiclE; ScApE pEdUNcUlATE, lONg, AbOUT 1.4 TimES AS lONg AS fUNiclE. FUNiclE ANTENNOmERE I ANd II SUbEqUAl; II ANd III ElONgATE, SUbEqUAl iN lENgTh, IV ANd V AbOUT AS lONg AS widE, SmAllER; V clEARly TRANSvERSE. ANTENNAl clUb SlighTly lONgER ThAN fUNiclE ANTENNOmERES II–V cOmbiNEd. PRONOTUm 1.3 TimES AS lONg AS widE ANd AbOUT AS lONg AS hEAd; ANTERiOR mARgiN STRAighT; SidES EvENly ROUNdEd; mAXimUm widTh SlighTly bEfORE middlE Of ANTERiOR hAlf. ElyTRA ElONgATE, SlENdER, pARAllEl-SidEd, AbOUT 1.95 TimES AS lONg AS widE, 2.15 TimES AS lONg AS pRONOTUm ANd 1.45 TimES AS widE AS pRONOTUm; wiTh SiX liNES Of ShAllOw pUNcTURES, EvENly lOcATEd ON diSc; lAST ThREE EXTERNAl liNES Of pUNcTURES UNEvEN.

Remarks. ThE ORigiNAl dEScRipTiON Of OSEllA (1980) iS vERy iNAccURATE. FOR EXAmplE, ThE SizE Of ThE hOlOTypE iS 2.32 mm ANd NOT 2.68 mm, ANd iT iS AlSO iN cONflicT wiTh ThE dRAwiNg AccOmpANyiNg ThE dEScRipTiON. ThERE ARE AT lEAST ThE fOllOwiNg diScREpANciES bETwEEN ThE dEScRipTiON ANd ThE figURE Of U. icari : ThE ElyTRA ARE widER (NOT NARROwER) ThAN pRONOTUm, ElyTRA TwicE (NOT 2.5 TimES) AS lONg AS widE. ThE TERmiNAliA Of ThE UNiqUE hOlOTypE wERE NOT STUdiEd.