Anchonidium braunerti, Germann, 2020

Germann, Christoph, 2020, On Anchonidium Bedel, 1884 sensu stricto, with descriptions of two new species from the Iberian peninsula (Coleoptera, Curculionidae: Molytinae), Revue suisse de Zoologie 127 (1), pp. 27-41 : 38-39

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.35929/RSZ.0004
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5752372
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FC8F2C-9958-8A6E-FEE9-84DFFE8FCF94
treatment provided by	Carolina
scientific name	Anchonidium braunerti
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Anchonidium braunerti sp. nov.

Figs 2A View Fig , 3 View Fig E-H, 4B, E, 6.

Material examined

Holotype: ♂; NMB-COLEO0009759 ; Portugal, Algarve , Poia Granitberg Gipfel Serra de Monchique, 37°18’58”N, 8°35’39”W, 890 m, 10.04.2013; leg. C. Braunert // Sifting ( NMB) GoogleMaps .

Paratypes: 3 ♂, 1 ♀; Portugal, Algarve , Poia Granitberg Gipfel Serra de Monchique, 37°18’58”N, 8°35’39”W, 890 m, 10.04.2013; leg. C. Braunert // Sifting (cCB) GoogleMaps . – 1 ♂; Portugal, Monchique , Fóia, N37°18’58”, W8°35’39”, 890 m, 10.4.2013; leg. C. Germann (cCG) .

Diagnosis: Size: 2.8-3.0 mm. Body colour auburn.

Pronotum: Underside at fore margin without rostral notch or channel, only somewhat sinuate. Metacoxae separated from mesocoxae by their diameter and about a quarter more; length of metasternum well as long as diameter of mesocoxae or as long as three of the coarse punctures in line; in middle of metacoxae on first ventrite coarsely punctuate with especially large, roundish-oval punctures, but not confluent in the shape of a groove.

Elytra L/W: 1.66-1.80, elongate, parallel sided, widest in middle ( Fig. 2C View Fig ). Striae coarsely and regularly punctuate, counting 14-16 punctures from elytral base to declivity.

Male genitalia: Penis narrow, oblong oval, regularly rounded at apex in dorsal-ventral view ( Fig. 3 View Fig E-H), in lateral view bowed, apex blunt. Female genitalia (4B-E): ventrite VIII with plate drop-shaped, apodeme as long as plate, apex thickened and laterally weakly protruding. Spermatheca c-shaped with tip of cornu attenuated, base roundish, ramus and nodulus hardly noticeable (back part of spermatheca is missing). Gonocoxite of ovipositor and bursal atrium are lost.

Derivation of name: Dedicated to its discoverer, dear friend and estimated excursionist Carlo Braunert ( Luxembourg) to honour his tireless and enthusiastic passion for weevils.