Miloderes Casey, 1888

Van Dam, Matthew H. & O’Brien, Charles W., 2015, Review of the genus Miloderes Casey, 1888 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae), with desciptions of three new species, Zootaxa 4006 (2), pp. 247-284 : 248

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4006.2.2

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5661850

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scientific name

Miloderes Casey, 1888
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Miloderes Casey, 1888 View in CoL

Miloderes Casey, 1888: 252 View in CoL . Gender: Masculine. Type species, Miloderes setosus Casey, 1888 View in CoL by monotypy. Pierce, 1910: 347. Pierce, 1913: 379. Woodworth, 1913: 214. Van Dyke, 1935: 4. Van Dyke, 1936: 75. Van Dyke, 1938: 2. Ting, 1940: 150. Kissinger, 1960: 25. Sanders, 1960: 14. Tanner, 1966: 3. Tanner, 1974: 291. O’Brien & Wibmer, 1982: 60. Alonso- Zarazaga & Lyal, 1999:186. Anderson, 2002: 48.

Diagnosis. Body covered in long fine hairs. Head: Rostrum slightly longer and narrower than head, very weakly narrowed toward apex; scrobes gradually descending in strong arc, ending near lower margin of eye not greatly expanded; epistoma in roughly the same plain as dorsal surface of the rostrum. Eyes weakly convex. Thorax: Elytra striae usually absent very weak at most, scales on dorsal surface not imbricate. Legs: uniform in color, front tibiae expanded at apex, hind tibae greatly expanded, claws free. Median lobe: Endophallus with subapical lobe on interior surface.

Description. Head: Rostrum slightly longer and narrower than head, very weakly narrowed toward apex; alae very feebly dilated; surface of head and rostrum convex, without transverse sulcus. Eyes small, slightly convex, oval, slightly wider than long. Antennae with scape slender basally, abruptly clavate, reaching middle of eyes in repose; funicle slender, seven segmented, basal segment as long as next two combined, outer segments shorter, moniliform, seventh slightly wider than long, oval close to club; terminal segment elongate, rather narrow, pointed, finely pubescent; remainder coarsely and sparsely setose. Scrobes beginning on sides at apex, gradually descending in strong arc, ending near lower margin of eye, deep and narrow. Mentum large, flat, not deeply placed, filling entire gular cavity, wider than long, broadly rounded at apex. Genae with small and weak mandibular emargination. Thorax: Pronotum with distinctly laterally expanding margins. Scutellum visible from above. Elytra convex, intervals not distinct. Legs short and robust; front tibiae expanded at apex; covered in scales, hind tibia greatly expanded at apex. Hind coxae very widely separated, at sides of body, small. Tarsi spinose ventrally, with third segment distinctly wider than second; claw segment as long as remainder combined; basal segment scarcely longer than second. Claws long, free. Abdomen: first suture arcuate in middle; second segment slightly longer than next two combined. Median lobe: curved, weakly in some species; narrowing in distal quarter, to point at apex. Endophallus with subapical lobe on interior surface, transfer apparatus weakly or strongly scleritized.

Anderson, R. S. (2002) Curculionidae. In: Arnett, R. H., Thomas, M. C., Skelley, P. E. & Frank, J. H. (Eds.), American Beetles. Vol. 2. Polyphaga. Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, pp. 722 - 815.

Casey, T. (1888) North American Rhynchophora. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 4, 229 - 296. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1749 - 6632.1889. tb 57040. x

Kissinger, D. (1960) Description of a new species of Miloderes Casey with notes on some broad-nosed weevils (Curculionidae). The Coleopterists' Bulletin, 14, 25 - 28.

O'Brien, C. W. & Wibmer, G. J. (1982) Annotated checklist of the weevils (Curculionidae sensu lato) of North America, Central America and the West Indies (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea). Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, 34, 1 - 382.

Pierce, W. (1913) Miscellaneous contributions to the knowledge of the weevils of the families Attelabidae and Brachyrhinidae. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 45, 365 - 426. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 00963801.1988.365

Sanders, H. O. (1960) The female genitalia and spermathecae of some of the Rhynchophora. Western North American Naturalist, 20, 1 - 22.

Tanner, V. (1966) Rhynchophora beetles of the Nevada test site. Brigham Young University Science Bulletin, Biological Series, 8, 1 - 34.

Tanner, V. (1974) Description of new species of Miloderes Casey, with comments on other species of the genus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). The Great Basin Naturalist, 34, 291 - 296.

Ting, P. (1940) Revisional notes concerned with Cimbocera and related genera (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences, 39, 128 - 157.

Van Dyke, E. (1935) New species of North American weevils in the family Curculionidae, Subfamily Brachyrhininae. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist, 11, 1 - 10.

Van Dyke, E. (1936) New species of North American weevils in the family Curculionidae, Subfamily Brachyrhininae. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist, 12, 73 - 85.

Van Dyke, E. (1938) New species of Rhynchophora (Coleoptera) from Western North America. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist, 14, 1 - 9.

Woodworth, C. W. (1913) Guide to California insects. The Law press, Berkeley, 376 pp. Available from: http: // www. biodiversitylibrary. org / bibliography / 49919 (accessed 6 October 2014)

Alonso-Zarazaga, M. A. & Lyal, C. H. C. (1999) A World Catalogue of Families and Genera of Curculionoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) (excepting Scolytidae and Platypodidae). Entomopraxis, S. C. P., Barcelona, 315 pp.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Curculionidae

SubFamily

Entiminae