Aspidapion Schilsky, 1901

Morris, Michael G., Sw, London & Dt, Dorset, 2011, The Apionidae (Coleoptera) of the Canary Islands, with particular reference to the contribution of T. Vernon Wollaston, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 51 (1), pp. 157-182 : 162

Aspidapion Schilsky, 1901

1 Dark brown, with bronze reflection; more robust, body about 2.25× as long as broad; eyes more prominent, circular in lateral view; pronotum transverse; length 1.9–2.9 mm; very local species (Tenerife only); on Lavatera acerifolia . ...................................................... ................................................................... A. acerifoliae Suppantschitsch, 1996 ( Fig. 3 )

Male fore-tibia strongly bent inwards and with a mucro, rostrum more robust.

Female fore-tibia almost straight, unarmed at apex, rostrum more slender.

– Black, with metallic reflection; more slender, body 2.35–2.45× as long as broad; eyes less prominent, oval in lateral view; pronotum quadrate; length 2.0– 2.7 mm; very common, on all islands; on Malva and Lavatera spp. ....................................................................... ................. A. radiolus (Marsham, 1802) ssp. chalybeipenne ( Wollaston, 1854) ( Fig. 4 )

Male fore-tibia strongly bent inwards and with a mucro, rostrum more robust.

Female fore-tibia almost straight, unarmed at apex, rostrum more slender.

Figures

Figs. 1–4. Habitus of the Apionidae of Canary Islands. 1 – Perapion fallax (Wollaston, 1864), syntype, Wollaston Coll. (BMNH); 2 – Phrissotrichum tubuliferum (Wollaston, 1864), syntype, Wollaston Coll. (BMNH); 3 – Aspidapion acerifoliae Suppantschitsch, 1996, author’s Coll.; 4 – Aspidapion radiolus chalybeipenne (Wollaston, 1854), Wollaston Coll. (BMNH).