Otiorhynchus

Rafał Gosik, Peter Sprick, Jiří Skuhrovec, Magdalena Deruś & Martin Hommes, 2016, Morphology and identification of the mature larvae of several species of the genus Otiorhynchus (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Entiminae) from Central Europe with an update of the life history traits, Zootaxa 4108 (1), pp. 1-67 : 53-54

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Key to larvae of selected Otiorhynchus species

In this key, we included all species described in this paper and all species hitherto described, if chaetotaxy was considered sufficiently: Otiorhynchus ligustici , O. porcatus , O. salicicola (see Gosik & Sprick 2012 a), O. nodosus (see Willis 1964) and O. cribricollis (see Grandi 1913), Lockwood & Keifer (1930) and Rosenstiel (1987). Further comments are reported in the following chapter.

1. Prs and pds 1, 2, 4 on abdominal segment I short, filiform, and pds 3,5 long or very long ( Figs. 156–171 View FIGURES 155 – 166 View FIGURES 167 – 174 ).................... 2

- Prs and pds 1, 2, 4 on abdominal segment I thorn-like, dark brown, and pds 3,5, filiform, medium long ( Fig. 155 View FIGURES 155 – 166 )............................................................................ O. (Cryphiphorus) ligustici (Linnaeus) ( Fig. 205 View FIGURES 203 – 210 )

2. Postdorsum on metathorax with 5 pds ( Figs. 172–174 View FIGURES 167 – 174 )........................................................ 3

- Postdorsum on metathorax with 4 pds ( Figs. 175–186 View FIGURES 175 – 183 View FIGURES 184 – 190 )....................................................... 6

3. Pds 3 on metathorax 2 times shorter than pds 2 ( Fig. 172 View FIGURES 167 – 174 ). Pds 1 on abdominal segment I almost as long as pds 2 and pds 4 ( Fig. 156 View FIGURES 155 – 166 ). Ds 2 on abdominal segment IX distinctly longer than ds 1 and ds 3 ( Fig. 188 View FIGURES 184 – 190 ). Postlabium covered by cuticular processes..................................................................................................... 4

- Pds 3 on metathorax visibly longer than pds 2 ( Figs. 173, 174 View FIGURES 167 – 174 ). Pds 1 on abdominal segment I 2–3 times as long as pds 2 and pds 4 ( Figs. 157, 158 View FIGURES 155 – 166 ). Ds 2 on abdominal segment. IX shorter than ds 1 and ds 3 ( Figs. 189, 190 View FIGURES 184 – 190 ). Postlabium smooth, covered by cuticular processes....................................................................................... 5

4. Pronotum with 7 prns, each thoracic segment with 5 pda, setae fine, rather short ( Fig. 2 View FIGURES 1 – 6 )................................................................................... Otiorhynchus (Arammichnus) indefinitus Reitter ( Fig. 203 View FIGURES 203 – 210 )

- Pronotum with 9 prns, each thoracic segment with 7 pda, setae well visible, relatively massive............................................................................................. O. (Arammichnus) cribricollis Gyllenhal

5. Pds 1 and pds 2 on metathorax equal in length ( Fig. 173 View FIGURES 167 – 174 ). Meso- and metathorax with 2 as. Body greyish to brown, cuticle espe- cially on dorsal part covered with triangular cuticular processes and more pigmented than on lateral and ventral parts. Head dark brown, almost rounded. Surfaces of labrum densely covered by thorn-like cuticular processes...................................................................................... O. (Choilisanus) raucus (Fabricius) ( Fig. 204 View FIGURES 203 – 210 )

- Pds 1 on metathorax 3 times longer than pds 2 ( Fig. 174 View FIGURES 167 – 174 ). Meso- and metathorax with 1 as. Body white to yellowish, cuticular processes very fine. Head light yellow, distinctly narrowed bilaterally. Surface of labrum smooth........................................................................................ O. (Pendragon) ovatus (Linnaeus) ( Fig. 217 View FIGURES 211 – 219 )

6. Meso- and metathorax with 4 pds, identical in length ( Figs. 175–183 View FIGURES 175 – 183 ; 175 a– 183 a)................................... 7

- Meso- and metathorax with 4 pds, different in length ( Figs. 184–187 View FIGURES 184 – 190 ; 184 a– 187 a).................................. 15

7. Meso- and metathoracic pds 1 and pds 2 equal in length (or almost equal length), both distinctly shorter than pds 3 ( Figs. 176–183 View FIGURES 175 – 183 )........................................................................................... 8

- Meso- and metathoracic pds 1 as long as pds 3, both distinctly longer than pds 2 ( Fig. 175 View FIGURES 175 – 183 )............................................................................................... O. (Pocodalemes) crataegi Germar ( Fig. 218 View FIGURES 211 – 219 )

8. Abdominal segment VIII with 5 pds (3 short and 2 long)...................................................... 9

- Abdominal segment VIII with 4 pds (2 short and 2 long) (Fig. 199).. O. (Metopiorrhynchus) singularis (Linnaeus) ( Fig. 208 View FIGURES 203 – 210 )

9. Abdominal segments I–VII with only 1 long sps (Figs. 191, 192)............................................... 10

- Abdominal segments I–VII with 1 long and 1 minute sps (Figs. 193–197)....................................... 11

10. Head light yellow. Body slender, milk-white. Clypeus with 1 cls ( Fig. 63 View FIGURES 62 – 66 ).... O. (Otiorhynchus) armadillo (Rossi) ( Fig. 210 View FIGURES 203 – 210 )

- Head dark yellow. Body rather massive, yellowish. Clypeus with 2 cls ....... O. (Otiorhynchus) salicicola Stierlin ( Fig. 216 View FIGURES 211 – 219 )

11. Lms 2 slightly longer (maximum 1.33 times) than lms 1 and lms 3 ( Figs. 85 View FIGURES 84 – 88 , 96 View FIGURES 95 – 99 , 107 View FIGURES 106 – 110 , 118 View FIGURES 117 – 121 ).............................. 12

- Lms 2 distinctly longer (2 times) than lms 1 and lms 3 ( Fig. 74 View FIGURES 73 – 77 )................. O. (Otiorhynchus) aurifer Boheman ( Fig. 211 View FIGURES 211 – 219 )

12. Setae of abdomen fine, transparent............................... O. (Otiorhynchus) meridionalis Gyllenhal ( Fig. 212 View FIGURES 211 – 219 )

- Setae of abdomen rather massive, brown or dark yellow.................... O. (Otiorhynchus) tenebricosus complex. 13

13. Eps 2 on abdominal segment I–VIII distinctly longer than eps 1 (at least 2 times, usually 3 times or more) (Fig. 197). Pms 3 dis- tinctly shorter than pms 1 and pms 2 ( Fig. 121 View FIGURES 117 – 121 )..................................... O. lugdunensis (Herbst) ( Fig. 215 View FIGURES 211 – 219 )

- Eps 2 on abdominal segment I–VIII slightly longer than eps 1 (no more than 2 times, usually 1.33 times or less) (Figs. 195, 196). Pms 3 slightly shorter or of the same length as pms 1 ( Figs. 99 View FIGURES 95 – 99 , 110 View FIGURES 106 – 110 )............................................. 14

14. Pms 3 as long as pms 1 ( Fig. 99 View FIGURES 95 – 99 ). Pronotum with 4 long and 4 medium long prns ( Fig. 90 View FIGURES 89 – 94 )... O. clavipes (Bonsdorff) ( Fig. 213 View FIGURES 211 – 219 )

- Pms 3 slightly shorter than pms 1 ( Fig. 101 View FIGURES 100 – 105 ). Pronotum with 4 long and 5 medium long prns ( Fig. 110 View FIGURES 106 – 110 )............................................................................................... O. fuscipes (Olivier) ( Fig. 214 View FIGURES 211 – 219 )

15. Abdominal segment VIII with 4 (2 long and 2 short) pds (Figs. 197, 199)........................................ 16

- Abdominal segment VIII with 5 (2 long and 3 short) pds ( Fig. 28 View FIGURES 23 – 28 ).............................................. 17

16. Labral rods short, reniform ( Fig. 53 View FIGURES 51 – 55 ). Epipharynx with nodular cuticular processes. Clypeus with 2 very short, poorly visible cls ( Fig. 53 View FIGURES 51 – 55 )...................................................... O. (Nehrodistus) armatus Boheman ( Fig. 209 View FIGURES 203 – 210 )

- Labral rods elongated ( Fig. 152 View FIGURES 150 – 154 ). Epipharynx covered by thorn-like cuticular processes. Clypeus with 2 medium long cls ( Fig. 152 View FIGURES 150 – 154 )......................................................... O. (Zustalestus) rugosostriatus (Goeze) ( Fig. 219 View FIGURES 211 – 219 )

17. Setae on body elongated, fine, transparent. Body elongated. Abdominal segment IX mostly with 4 ds (Fig. 201)......... 18

- Setae on body relatively massive, yellow or brownish. Body moderately elongated. Abdominal segment IX with 3 ds (Fig. 202).......................................................... .. O. (Dorymerus) sulcatus (Fabricius) ( Fig. 206 View FIGURES 203 – 210 )

18. Clypeus with 1 medium long seta and 1 sensillum............................. O. (Postaremus) nodosus ( O.F. Müller)

- Clypeus with 2 setae and 1 sensillum................................... O. (Lolatismus) porcatus (Herbst) ( Fig. 207 View FIGURES 203 – 210 )

Gosik, R. & Sprick, P. (2012 a) Morphology and identification of the pupae of seven species of the genus Otiorhynchus Germar, 1822 (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Otiorhynchini). Zootaxa, 3483, 39 - 57.

Grandi, G. (1913) Gli stati postembrionali di un Coleottero (Otiorrhynchus cribricollis Gyll.) a riproduzione partenogenetica ciclica irregolare. Bollettino del Laboratorio di Zoologia Generale e Agraria della R. Scuola Superiore d'Agricoltura, 7, 72 - 90.

Lockwood, S. & Keifer, H. H. (1930) Preliminary observations on a weevil, Brachyrhinus cribricollis (Gyll.), with comparisons to related forms found in California. Monthly Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture, State of California, 19, 16 - 39.

Rosenstiel, R. G. (1987) Larval taxonomy of some Polydrosinae and Entiminae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Miscellaneous Publications of the Entomological Society of America, 67, 1 - 64.

Willis, R. J. (1964) The bionomics and larval morphology of the otiorrhynchid pests of soft fruit crops. Thesis, The Queen's University of Belfast, Northern Ireland, 250 pp. and appendix of 60 pp.

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FIGURES 155 – 166. Chaetotaxy of the dorsal part of abdominal segment I. 155 — O. ligustici, 156 — O. indefinitus, 157 — O. raucus, 158 — O. ovatus, 159 — O. crataegi, 160 — O. rugosostriatus, 161 — O. armatus, 162 — O. sulcatus, 163 — O. porcatus, 164 — O. singularis, 165 — O. armadillo, 166 — O. aurifer. (prs — prodorsal seta (e), pds — postdorsal s.).

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FIGURES 167 – 174. Chaetotaxy of the dorsal part of abdominal segment I (167 – 171) and mesothorax (172 – 174). 167 — O. meridionalis, 168 — O. salicicola, 169 — O. clavipes (= O. tenebricosus), 170 — O. fuscipes (= O. tenebricosus), 171 — O. lugdunensis, 172 — O. indefinitus, 173 — O. raucus, 174 — O. ovatus. (prs — prodorsal seta (e), pds — postdorsal s.).

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FIGURES 203 – 210. Mature larva, lateral view. 203 — O. indefinitus, 204 — O. raucus, 205 — O. ligustici, 206 — O. sulcatus, 207 — O. porcatus, 208 — O. singularis, 209 — O. armatus, 210 — O. armadillo. (Photos by R. Gosik).

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FIGURES 175 – 183. Chaetotaxy of the dorsal part of meso- (175 – 183) and metathorax (175 a – 183 a). 175 — O. crataegi, 176 — O. singularis, 177 — O. armadillo, 178 — O. aurifer, 179 — O. meridionalis, 180 — O. salicicola, 181 — O. clavipes (= O. tenebricosus), 182 — O. fuscipes (= O. tenebricosus), 183 — O. lugdunensis. (prs — prodorsal seta (e), pds — postdorsal s.).

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FIGURES 184 – 190. Chaetotaxy of the dorsal part of meso- (184 – 187) metathorax (184 a – 187 a) and abdominal segment IX (188 – 190). 184 — O. rugosostriatus, 185 — O. armatus, 186 — O. sulcatus, 187 — O. porcatus, 188 — O. indefinitus, 189 — O. raucus, 190 — O. ovatus. (prs — prodorsal seta (e), pds — postdorsal s., ds — dorsal s.).

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FIGURES 1 – 6. Otiorhynchus indefinitus; mature larva. 1 — habitus, lateral view, 2 — lateral view of thoracic segments, 3 — lateral view of abdominal segment I, 4 — lateral view of abdominal segments VIII – IX, 5 — ventral view of abdominal segments VIII – X, 6 — dorsal view of abdominal segments VIII – X. Abbreviations: Ab. — abdominal segments, Th. — thoracic s., I – X—number of segments, prns — pronotal seta (e), prs — prodorsal s., pds — postdorsal s., pda — pedal s., as — alar s., lsts — laterosternal s., eus — eusternal s., ps — pleural s., sps — spiracular s., sts — sternal s., ds — dorsal s., ts — terminal s., BH—body height, BL—body length.

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FIGURES 211 – 219. Mature larva, lateral view. 211 — O. aurifer, 212 — O. meridionalis, 213 — O. clavipes (= O. tenebricosus), 214 — O. fuscipes (= O. tenebricosus), 215 — O. lugdunensis, 216 — O. salicicola, 217 — O. ovatus, 218 — O. crataegi, 219 — O. rugosostriatus. (Photos by R. Gosik).

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FIGURES 62 – 66. Otiorhynchus armadillo; mature larva and mouthparts. 62 — dorsal view of head, 63 — labrum and clypeus, 64 — epipharynx, 65 — left mandible, 66 — maxillo-labial complex. Abbreviations: des — dorsoepicranial seta (e), fs — frontal s., les — lateroepicranial s., ves — ventroepicranial s., at—antenna, st—stemmata, cls — clypeal s., lms — labral s., ams — anteromedial s., als — anterolateral s., mes — medial s., lr—labral rods, mds — mandible dorsal s., dms — dorsal malae s., vms — ventral malae s., mxps — maxillary palps s., pfs — palpiferal s., stps — stipal s., mbs — mandible basiventral s., prms — prelabial s., pms — postlabial s., ligs — ligular s.

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FIGURES 84 – 88. Otiorhynchus meridionalis; mature larva and mouthparts. 84 — dorsal view of head, 85 — labrum and clypeus, 86 — epipharynx, 87 — left mandible, 88 — maxillo-labial complex. Abbreviations: des — dorsoepicranial seta (e), fs — frontal s., les — lateroepicranial s., ves — ventroepicranial s., at—antenna, st—stemmata, cls — clypeal s., lms — labral s., ams — anteromedial s., als — anterolateral s., mes — medial s., lr—labral rods, mds — mandible dorsal s., dms — dorsal malae s., vms — ventral malae s., mxps — maxillary palps s., pfs — palpiferal s., stps — stipal s., mbs — mandible basiventral s., prms — prelabial s., pms — postlabial s., ligs — ligular s.

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FIGURES 95 – 99. Otiorhynchus clavipes (= O. tenebricosus); mature larva and mouthparts. 95 — dorsal view of head, 96 — labrum and clypeus, 97 — epipharynx, 98 — left mandible, 99 — maxillo-labial complex. Abbreviations: des — dorsoepicranial seta (e), fs — frontal s., les — lateroepicranial s., ves — ventroepicranial s., at—antenna, st—stemmata, cls — clypeal s., lms — labral s., ams — anteromedial s., als — anterolateral s., mes — medial s., lr—labral rods, mds — mandible dorsal s., dms — dorsal malae s., vms — ventral malae s., mxps — maxillary palps s., pfs — palpiferal s., stps — stipal s., mbs — mandible basiventral s., prms — prelabial s., pms — postlabial s., ligs — ligular s.

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FIGURES 106 – 110. Otiorhynchus fuscipes (= O. tenebricosus); mature larva and mouthparts. 106 — dorsal view of head, 107 — labrum and clypeus, 108 — epipharynx, 109 — left mandible, 110 — maxillo-labial complex. Abbreviations: des — dorsoepicranial seta (e), fs — frontal s., les — lateroepicranial s., ves — ventroepicranial s., at—antenna, st—stemmata, cls — clypeal s., lms — labral s., ams — anteromedial s., als — anterolateral s., mes — medial s., lr—labral rods, mds — mandible dorsal s., dms — dorsal malae s., vms — ventral malae s., mxps — maxillary palps s., pfs — palpiferal s., stps — stipal s., mbs — mandible basiventral s., prms — prelabial s., pms — postlabial s., ligs — ligular s.

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FIGURES 117 – 121. Otiorhynchus lugdunensis; mature larva and mouthparts. 117 — dorsal view of head, 118 — labrum and clypeus, 119 — epipharynx, 120 — left mandible, 121 — maxillo-labial complex. Abbreviations: des — dorsoepicranial seta (e), fs — frontal s., les — lateroepicranial s., ves — ventroepicranial s., at—antenna, st—stemmata, cls — clypeal s., lms — labral s., ams — anteromedial s., als — anterolateral s., mes — medial s., lr—labral rods, mds — mandible dorsal s., dms — dorsal malae s., vms — ventral malae s., mxps — maxillary palps s., pfs — palpiferal s., stps — stipal s., mbs — mandible basiventral s., prms — prelabial s., pms — postlabial s., ligs — ligular s.

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FIGURES 73 – 77. Otiorhynchus aurifer; mature larva and mouthparts. 73 — dorsal view of head, 74 — labrum and clypeus, 75 — epipharynx, 76 — left mandible, 77 — maxillo-labial complex. Abbreviations: des — dorsoepicranial seta (e), fs — frontal s., les — lateroepicranial s., ves — ventroepicranial s., at—antenna, st—stemmata, cls — clypeal s., lms — labral s., ams — anteromedial s., als — anterolateral s., mes — medial s., lr—labral rods, mds — mandible dorsal s., dms — dorsal malae s., vms — ventral malae s., mxps — maxillary palps s., pfs — palpiferal s., stps — stipal s., mbs — mandible basiventral s., prms — prelabial s., pms — postlabial s., ligs — ligular s.

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FIGURES 89 – 94. Otiorhynchus clavipes (= O. tenebricosus); mature larva. 89 — habitus, lateral view, 90 — lateral view of thoracic segments, 91 — lateral view of abdominal segment I, 92 — lateral view of abdominal segments VIII – IX, 93 — ventral view of abdominal segments VIII – X, 94 — dorsal view of abdominal segments VIII – X. Abbreviations: Ab. — abdominal segment, Th. — thoracic s., I – X—number of segments, prns — pronotal seta (e), prs — prodorsal s., pds — postdorsal s., pda — pedal s., as — alar s., lsts — laterosternal s., eus — eusternal s., ps — pleural s., sps — spiracular s., sts — sternal s., ds — dorsal s., ts — terminal s.

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FIGURES 100 – 105. Otiorhynchus fuscipes (= O. tenebricosus); mature larva. 100 — habitus, lateral view, 101 — lateral view of thoracic segments, 102 — lateral view of abdominal segment I, 103 — lateral view of abdominal segments VIII – IX, 104 — ventral view of abdominal segments VIII – X, 105 — dorsal view of abdominal segments VIII – X. Abbreviations: Ab. — abdominal segment, Th. — thoracic s., I – X—number of segments, prns — pronotal seta (e), prs — prodorsal s., pds — postdorsal s., pda — pedal s., as — alar s., lsts — laterosternal s., eus — eusternal s., ps — pleural s., sps — spiracular s., sts — sternal s., ds — dorsal s., ts — terminal s.

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FIGURES 23 – 28. Otiorhynchus sulcatu s; mature larva. 23 — habitus, lateral view, 24 — lateral view of thoracic segments, 25 — lateral view of abdominal segment I, 26 — lateral view of abdominal segments VIII – IX, 27 — ventral view of abdominal segments VIII – X, 28 — dorsal view of abdominal segments VIII – X. Abbreviations: Ab. — abdominal segment, Th. — thoracic s., I – X—number of segments, prns — pronotal seta (e), prs — prodorsal s., pds — postdorsal s., pda — pedal s., as — alar s., lsts — laterosternal s., eus — eusternal s., ps — pleural s., sps — spiracular s., sts — sternal s., ds — dorsal s., ts — terminal s.

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FIGURES 51 – 55. Otiorhynchus armatus; mature larva and mouthparts. 51 — dorsal view of head, 52 — labrum and clypeus, 53 — epipharynx, 54 — left mandible, 55 — maxillo-labial complex. Abbreviations: des — dorsoepicranial seta (e), fs — frontal s., les — lateroepicranial s., ves — ventroepicranial s., at—antenna, st—stemmata, cls — clypeal s., lms — labral s., ams — anteromedial s., als — anterolateral s., mes — medial s., lr—labral rods, mds — mandible dorsal s., dms — dorsal malae s., vms — ventral malae s., mxps — maxillary palps s., pfs — palpiferal s., stps — stipal s., mbs — mandible basiventral s., prms — prelabial s., pms — postlabial s., ligs — ligular s.

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FIGURES 150 – 154. Otiorhynchus rugosostriatus; mature larva and mouthparts. 150 — dorsal view of head, 151 — labrum and clypeus, 152 — epipharynx, 153 — left mandible, 154 — maxillo-labial complex. Abbreviations: des — dorsoepicranial seta (e), fs — frontal s., les — lateroepicranial s., ves — ventroepicranial s., pes — postepicranial s., at—antenna, st—stemmata, cls — clypeal s., lms — labral s., ams — anteromedial s., als — anterolateral s., mes — medial s., lr—labral rods, mds — mandible dorsal s., dms — dorsal malae s., vms — ventral malae s., mxps — maxillary palps s., pfs — palpiferal s., stps — stipal s., mbs — mandible basiventral s., prms — prelabial s., pms — postlabial s., ligs — ligular s.