Panolcus, Gerstaecker, 1860

Anderson, Robert S., 2024, A second species of the genus Panolcus Gerstaecker 1860 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Molytinae: Cryptorhynchini) from French Guiana and Suriname with taxonomic changes in Cryptorhynchini, Zootaxa 5437 (1), pp. 15-20 : 18

Key to species of Panolcus

1 Body length less than 6 mm; pronotum slightly tubulate in both sexes ( Figs. 1–2 ); female rostrum about as long as elytra, apex of rostrum not reaching apex of elytra when in repose ( Figs. 1, 3 )....................................... P. scolopax

1’ Body length greater than 9 mm; pronotum tubulate in both sexes ( Figs. 4–5 , 7–8 ), strongly so in female ( Figs. 4–5 ); female rostrum about twice as long as elytra, apex of rostrum reaching far beyond apex of elytra (by almost length of elytra) when in repose ( Figs. 4–6 )............................................................................ P. filirostris

Figures

FIGURES 1–6. Panolcus female habitus images. 1, Panolcus scolopax, lateral; 2; Panolcus scolopax, dorsal; 3, Panolcus scolopax, ventral; 4, Panolcus filirostris, lateral; 5, Panolcus filirostris, dorsal; 6, Panolcus filirostris, ventral.

FIGURES 7–12. Panolcus male habitus and aedeagus images. 7, Panolcus filirostris habitus, lateral; 8, Panolcus filirostris habitus, dorsal; 9, Panolcus filirostris habitus, ventral; 10, Panolcus filirostris aedeagus, dorsal view; 11, Panolcus filirostris aedeagus, lateral view; 12, Panolcus scolopax aedeagus, dorsal view.