Entimus fastuosus, (Olivier)

Morrone, Juan J., 2002, The Neotropical Weevil Genus Entimus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae): Cladistics, Biogeography, And Modes Of Speciation, The Coleopterists Bulletin 56 (4), pp. 501-513 : 507

E. fastuosus (Olivier)

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Curculio fastuosus Olivier 1790:524 ; Latreille 1804:158 ( Brachyrhinus ); Dejean 1821:92 ( Entimus ).

Curculio splendidus Fabricius 1792:448 ; Olivier 1807:294 (5 C. fastuosus ); Germar 1817:341 ( Entimus ).

Diagnosis. Frontal groove widened; pronotum wider than long, with acute postocular lobes, and decumbent setae; scutellum protruding; elytra with rounded humeri, interstriae lacking rounded tubercles, and abundant setae; scales elongate­ovate, only covering punctures, imbricate, absent on intestriae; elytra lacking white bands; and male legs with abundant setae. Total length (pronotum 1 elytra): 16–45 mm.

Distribution. Brazil.

Material Examined. BRAZIL. Rio Grande: without more precise data, 1 ( BMNH) . Santa Catarina: Corupa´ , XII­1961, 2 ( BMNH) . Without more precise data. 3 ( BMNH) .

Figures

Figs. 2–5. Phaedropus togatus and Entimus spp., habitus photographs. 2) Phaedropus togatus (13 mm length); 3) Entimus arrogans (30 mm length); 4) E. excelsus (25 mm length); 5) E. fastuosus (35 mm length).