Balaninus hsifanus Heller, 1927:183

Pelsue, Frank W. & Zhang, Runzhi, 2003, A Review of the Genus Curculio from China with Descriptions of Fourteen New Species. Part IV. The Curculio sikkimensis (Heller) Group (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Curculioninae: Curculionini), The Coleopterists Bulletin 57 (3), pp. 311-333 : 313

Balaninus hsifanus Heller, 1927:183 .

Type. China: Sichuan Province, Wanxian (Kwanshien), Holotype male ( SMTD).

Diagnosis. Moderate-sized, oval; 4.0 mm in length; 2.0 mm in width; derm of thorax piceous, elytra, and legs fuscorufous, venter piceous; profemur unarmed, meso- and metafemur armed; disc of pronotum with laterobasal, centrobasal, and anterolateral macula of clavate, aeneous scales, remaining scales fuscous; elytra with confused fascia in basal half, macular fascia past midpoint, and apical fascia of clavate, aeneous scales; rostrum more than half as long as body; hind femur feebly clavate, base thin, tooth small; scutellum as broad as long, square, clothed with narrow, elongate, white scales. Genitalia: not dissected.

Distribution. China, Sichuan Province, Kwanshien.

Remarks. Appears superficially similar to Curculio rennelli Thompson , but differs in having aeneous rather than white scales.