Elytrurus risbeci Marshall

Kuschel, Guillermo, 2008, Curculionoidea (weevils) of New Caledonia and Vanuatu: Basal families and some Curculionidae, Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 197, pp. 99-250 : 144-145

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Elytrurus risbeci Marshall View in CoL

Fig. 39

Elytrurus risbeci Marshall 1937: 39 View in CoL . — Marshall 1938: 73, 80, fig. 3. — Risbec 1937: 157, pl. 1:13. — Paulian 1945: 195, 196, figs 40, 56. DESCRIPTION. — Among the Elytrurus species of Vanuatu, E. risbeci View in CoL is distinctive because of a dense covering of offwhite large scales except for a broad black median stripe on the pronotum and a similar sutural stripe on the elytra. Otherwise there is little to separate this species from E. divaricatus View in CoL .

Length: 9.5-13.0 mm.

TYPE MATERIAL. — Described from two female specimens: holotype in MNHN, Paris (not seen), paratype in NHML, London (seen). Identified non-type specimens with BPBM, NHML, NZAC, SRFP .

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Vanuatu. Malekula , Efate. 13 specimens .

BIOLOGY. — Found feeding on bourao ( Hibiscus tiliaceus ). Risbec (1937) reported damages on cacao leaves ( Theobroma cacao ).

ETYMOLOGY. — Named after the French collector Risbec.