Anchonidium braunerti, Germann, 2020

Germann, Christoph, 2020, On Anchonidium Bedel, 1884 sensu stricto, with descriptions of two new species from the Iberian peninsula (Coleoptera, Curculionidae: Molytinae), Revue suisse de Zoologie 127 (1), pp. 27-41 : 38-39

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.35929/RSZ.0004

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5752372

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FC8F2C-9958-8A6E-FEE9-84DFFE8FCF94

treatment provided by

Carolina

scientific name

Anchonidium braunerti
status

sp. nov.

Anchonidium braunerti sp. nov.

Figs 2A View Fig , 3 View Fig E-H, 4B, E, 6.

Material examined

Holotype: ♂; NMB-COLEO0009759 ; Portugal, Algarve , Poia Granitberg Gipfel Serra de Monchique, 37°18’58”N, 8°35’39”W, 890 m, 10.04.2013; leg. C. Braunert // Sifting ( NMB) GoogleMaps .

Paratypes: 3 ♂, 1 ♀; Portugal, Algarve , Poia Granitberg Gipfel Serra de Monchique, 37°18’58”N, 8°35’39”W, 890 m, 10.04.2013; leg. C. Braunert // Sifting (cCB) GoogleMaps . – 1 ♂; Portugal, Monchique , Fóia, N37°18’58”, W8°35’39”, 890 m, 10.4.2013; leg. C. Germann (cCG) .

Diagnosis: Size: 2.8-3.0 mm. Body colour auburn.

Pronotum: Underside at fore margin without rostral notch or channel, only somewhat sinuate. Metacoxae separated from mesocoxae by their diameter and about a quarter more; length of metasternum well as long as diameter of mesocoxae or as long as three of the coarse punctures in line; in middle of metacoxae on first ventrite coarsely punctuate with especially large, roundish-oval punctures, but not confluent in the shape of a groove.

Elytra L/W: 1.66-1.80, elongate, parallel sided, widest in middle ( Fig. 2C View Fig ). Striae coarsely and regularly punctuate, counting 14-16 punctures from elytral base to declivity.

Male genitalia: Penis narrow, oblong oval, regularly rounded at apex in dorsal-ventral view ( Fig. 3 View Fig E-H), in lateral view bowed, apex blunt. Female genitalia (4B-E): ventrite VIII with plate drop-shaped, apodeme as long as plate, apex thickened and laterally weakly protruding. Spermatheca c-shaped with tip of cornu attenuated, base roundish, ramus and nodulus hardly noticeable (back part of spermatheca is missing). Gonocoxite of ovipositor and bursal atrium are lost.

Derivation of name: Dedicated to its discoverer, dear friend and estimated excursionist Carlo Braunert ( Luxembourg) to honour his tireless and enthusiastic passion for weevils.

NMB

Zimbabwe, Bulawayo, Natural History Museum of Zimbabwe

NMB

Naturhistorishes Museum

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Curculionidae

Genus

Anchonidium

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