Trigonopterus politoides Riedel

Riedel, Alexander, Sagata, Katayo, Surbakti, Suriani, Rene Taenzler, & Michael Balke,, 2013, One hundred and one new species of Trigonopterus weevils from New Guinea, ZooKeys 280, pp. 1-150 : 56-57

63. Trigonopterus politoides Riedel sp. n.

Diagnostic description.

Holotype, male (Fig. 63a). Length 2.18 mm. Color black; antenna ferruginous. Body slender, ovate; without constriction between pronotum and elytron; in profile evenly convex. Rostrum in apical half smooth; in basal half with two pairs of longitudinal furrows containing sparse scales; above eye simple. Eyes with dorsal margin continuous with head, not carinate. Pronotum subglabrous, sparsely punctate with minute punctures. Elytra subglabrous, striae hardly visible but each with a deep pit along basal margin. Femora subglabrous; metafemur dorsally with silvery scales (partly abraded). Metafemur on posterior surface with longitudinal impression and row of scales; with smooth dorsoposterior edge; subapically without stridulatory patch. Mesotibia basally with external angulation, subapically simple, with uncus. Metatibia subapically simple, with uncus and few recumbent setae. Abdominal ventrite 5 with median impression. Aedeagus (Fig. 63b). Apex asymmetrical, with angular extension shifted to the right; laterally with dense brushes of weakly curved setae; proximal part of ductus ejaculatorius parallel to axis of aedeagus, enclosed by sclerites of transfer apparatus; ductus ejaculatorius without bulbus. Intraspecific variation. Length 2.18-2.51 mm. Female abdominal ventrite 5 flat.

Material examined.

Holotype (MZB): ARC0500 (EMBL # FN429207), WEST NEW GUINEA, Jayapura Reg., Cyclops Mts, Sentani, S02°32.2', E140°30.4', 545-700 m, 02-XII-2007, beaten. Paratypes (SMNK, ZSM): WEST NEW GUINEA, Jayapura Reg., Cyclops Mts, Sentani: 1 ex, ARC0501 (EMBL # FN429208), same data as holotype; 1 ex, ARC0503 (EMBL # FN429210), S02°32.0', E140°30.4', 700-900 m, 02-XII-2007, beaten.

Distribution.

Jayapura Reg. (Cyclops Mts). Elevation: 700 m.

Biology.

Collected by beating foliage.

Etymology.

This epithet is based on a combination of the name of Trigonopterus politus (Faust) and the Greek suffix eides (similar) and refers to their superficial similarity.

Notes.

Trigonopterus politoides Riedel, sp. n. was coded as " Trigonopterus sp. 25" by Riedel et al. (2010) and Tänzler et al. (2012), respectively " Trigonopterus spy" in the EMBL/GenBank/DDBJ databases.