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R S. ANDERSON Entomology-Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa NEW SPECIES OF SICODERUS VANIN FROM THE VIRGIN ISLANDS (COLEOPTERA: CURCULIONIDAE; CURCULIONINAE; OTIDOCEPHALINI) Anderson, R. S. 1999. New species of Sicoderus Vanin from the Virgin Islands (Coleoptera: Curculionidae; Curculioninae; Otidocephalini). – Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 141 [1998]: 129-135, figs.1-12. [ 0040-7496]. Published 1 March 1999. Three new species of the genus Sicoderus Vanin from the Virgins Islands of the Greater Antilles are described. The three new species are Sicoderus ivieorum sp. n., S. hirsutiventris sp. n., and S. vanini sp. n. They are placed in the S. tinamus species group and compared with known West Indian Sicoderus. A key to all Sicoderus in the West Indies (including Florida) is presented. Robert S. Anderson, Entomology-Canadian Museum of Nature, P.O. Box 3443, Station D, Ottawa, ON. K1P 6P4, Canada. E-mail: [email protected] Key words. – Weevil; biogeography; inventory; West Indies The genus Sicoderus is well-represented in the is- Antennal insertion submedial in male and female. An- lands of the West Indies with ten recognized species tenna with article II of funicle 1.49-1.57 length ar- in two species groups found there (Vanin 1986). The ticle III in male; 1.27-1.29 length article III in fe- four members assigned to the S. delauneyi group are male. Prothorax with length 1.17-1.19 width in found on the islands of the Lesser Antilles as far north male; 1.23-1.26 width in female. Prothorax con- as Guadeloupe, whereas the six species of the S. tina- stricted anteriorly, globose, widest at anterior one- mus group are known from southern Florida and the third; punctures well-separated, sparse, very fine and Bahamas, Cuba and Hispaniola. Recent collections of shallow on disk, slightly deeper and larger in anterior Sicoderus from the British and U.S. Virgin Islands one-quarter and very slightly deeper on flanks; with (and Puerto Rico) bridge the geographical gap be- scattered, erect setae along anterior constriction. Ely- tween the ranges of species in these two groups and tra with length 1.86-1.88 width in male; 1.88- represent three undescribed species in the S. tinamus 1.93 width in female; in dorsal view distinctly species group. widest at midlength, lateral margins convergent both Descriptions of these new species follow the format anteriorly and posteriorly; humeri fully reduced, not used in Vanin (1986) to facilitate comparisons with at all angulate; with isolated, erect but short (perhaps species treated therein. A revised key to all Sicoderus abraded or broken), setae in sutural region; apices con- species occuring in southern Florida, the Bahamas jointly rounded. Strial punctures evident, shallow, and the West Indies is presented. moderately fine. Membranous wings lacking. Meta- Specimens are deposited in the Canadian Museum sternum with punctures well-separated, moderately of Nature, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (), the col- fine and shallow; first row of punctures alongside met- lection of Charles W. O’Brien, Tallahassee, FL. episternum consisting of 3 or 4 widely spaced, shallow (), the collection of Michael A. Ivie, Bozeman, punctures. Abdominal ventrite I of male moderately MT. (), and the United States National Muse- raised in middle near apical margin forming a moder- um, Washington D.C. (). ately elevated tubercle with two small subcontiguous patches of setosity at tip; of female, moderately swol- len in middle near apical margin but not tuberculate, Sicoderus ivieorum sp. n. not setose. Ventrite V of male with rounded shallow (figs. 1-5) impression in apical three-quarters; of female, uni- Description formly convex. Legs with all femora with distinct ven- Length male, 5.2-6.2 mm; female, 4.8-7.2 mm. In- tral tooth; tooth slightly larger on anterior legs; tarsal tegument black, shining. Rostrum 0.97-1.00 length claws with small basal tooth. Aedeagus with shallow elytra in male; 1.09-1.17 length elytra in female. apical notch; slightly expanded laterally near apex; in- 129 Downloaded from Brill.com09/26/2021 08:06:13PM via free access T E, 141, 1998 1 2 Figs. 1-2. Sicoderus ivieorum sp. n., male – 1, lateral habitus; 2, dorsal habitus. ternal sac with complex of denticles and sclerites. Fe- A single female specimen labelled ‘ : male not dissected. Guanica For. Res. 26sep1987, M.A. Ivie colr. 33m, beating, thorn scrub’ appears to represent this same Type material. – Holotype male, labelled: ‘ species. It is not included in the type series as males : St. John / Est. CaneelBay, Caneel / Hill Trail fr. need to be examined to confirm conspecificity. As Center / line Rd. 580-600ft / 021992, M.A. Ivie’ Puerto Rico and St. John are part of the Puerto Rican ().– Allotype female () labelled as holo- Bank (an old continental plate) and are not separated type. – Paratypes: 7 males, 3 females. – - by deep water, such a distribution would not be sur- : St. John Est., Caneel Bay, Caneel Hill Trail fr. prising. Center line Rd. 580-600ft., 2 nov 1992, M. A. Ivie (1(, ); St. John Est. Lameshur Bay, Europa-Lt. Derivation of specific name Lameshur Bay, 25 july 1994, M. S.Becker, at night This species is named for Michael and Donna Ivie (1&, ); St. John Est., Lameshur Bay, Reef Bay who have worked extensively on increasing our know- Tr. Europa- Lameshur Bays, 25 july 1994 M.S. Beck- ledge of West Indian, especially Virgin Islands, insects. er, night beating (1(, ); St. John Est., Ham- mer-Farm, Cinnamon Bay Trail, 17 july1994, M.S. Comments Becker, beating veg (1&, ); St. John Est., Sicoderus ivieorum can be distinguished from other Molledahl, 15 july 1994, Petroglyph Trail, leaf litter Sicoderus in the West Indies by the following combi- nr. fresh water, M. S. Becker (1(, ); St. John nation of character states: presence of distinct femoral Est., Hope, Reef Bay Trail, 20 july 1994, M. S. Beck- teeth; elytra with humeri fully reduced and not at all er colr, beating vegetation (1(, ). – - angulate; sparse and fine punctures of the pronotal : Jost Van Dyke, White Bay, 24 july disk, not forming striolae; moderately large and dis- 1994, M. A. Ivie, beating dead catch-n-keep vines tinct punctures of abdominal ventrites; moderately (2(, , ); Tortola, Windy Hill, 24-29 dec developed tubercle of ventrite I of male; shallow, fine- 1993, 300-500’, thorn-scrub for., T.K.Phillips colr. ly setose impression on ventrite V of male; and by the (1(, 1&, , ). structure of the aedeagus. 130 Downloaded from Brill.com09/26/2021 08:06:13PM via free access A: New Virgin Islands Sicoderus Figs. 3-5. Sicoderus ivieorum sp. n. male. – 3, legs, a, front. b, middle. c, hind; 4, abdomen; 5, aedeagus, a, dorsal view, b, lateral view. (3-4, scale line = 1.0mm; 5, 3b scale line = 0.5mm) 3a 4 3c 5a 5b Sicoderus hirsutiventris sp. n. tra in length. Metasternum with punctures indistinct, (figs. 6-10) shallow and irregular; first row of punctures alongside metepisternum consisting of 6 widely spaced, very Description shallow punctures. Abdominal ventrite I of male Length male, 4.3-6.5 mm. Integument black, shin- raised in middle near apical margin forming a ing. Rostrum 0.80-0.85 length elytra in male. An- markedly elevated tubercle with two small subcon- tennal insertion at apical two-fifths in male. Antenna tiguous patches of setosity at tip. Ventrite V of male with article II of funicle 1.29-1.32 length article III with large rounded deep, densely setose impression in male. Prothorax with length 1.17-1.27 width in about as large as entire ventrite V. Legs with front male. Prothorax constricted anteriorly, globose, femora with small, blunt ventral tooth; middle and widest at anterior one-third; punctures well-separat- hind femora lacking tooth; tarsal claws with small ed, very sparse, very fine and shallow on disk, slightly basal tooth. Aedeagus with shallow apical notch; in- deeper and larger in anterior one-quarter and slightly ternal sac with complex of denticles and sclerites. deeper on flanks; with scattered, appressed setae along Female not known. anterior constriction. Elytra with length 1.97-1.98ϫ width in male; in dorsal view distinctly widest at mi- Type material. – Holotype male, labelled: ‘. dlength, lateral margins convergent both anteriorly ,..,/ Ridge above/ CharlotteAmalie/ July and posteriorly; humeri fully reduced, not at all angu- 17, 1979’, ‘Collector:/ C. W. O’Brien’ (). – Pa- late; with isolated, erect but short (perhaps abraded or ratype, 1 male: : St. John Est., Gt. broken), scattered setae; apices conjointly rounded. Cinnamon Bay, Cinnamon Bay Trail, 17 july 1994, Strial punctures evident, shallow, moderately fine. beating, M.S.Becker colr. (1(, ). Membranous wings present, slightly shorter than ely- 131 Downloaded from Brill.com09/26/2021 08:06:13PM via free access T E, 141, 1998 6 7 8b 8a 8c Figs. 6-10. Sicoderus hirsutiventris sp. n., male – 6, lateral habitus; 7, dorsal habitus; 8, legs, a, front. b, middle. c, hind; 9, abdomen; 10, aedeagus, a, 9 dorsal view, b, lateral view. 10a 10b (8-9, scale line = 1.0 mm; 10, scale line = 0.5 mm). 132 Downloaded from Brill.com09/26/2021 08:06:13PM via free access A: New Virgin Islands Sicoderus 11 12 Figs. 11-12. Sicoderus vanini sp. n., female – 11, lateral habi- tus; 12, dorsal habitus. Derivation of specific name Sicoderus vanini sp. n. This species is named from the Latin ‘hirsutus’ (figs. 11-13) meaning hairy and ‘venter’ meaning underside; in ref- erence to the large, setose impression of ventrite V in Description the male of this species. Length female, 5.0-6.6 mm. Integument black, shining. Rostrum 1.21-1.48 length elytra in fe- Comments male.
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    143 Chapter 4 Weevils (Coleoptera: Dryophthoridae, Brachyceridae, Curculionidae) of the Prairies Ecozone in Canada Robert S. Anderson Canadian Museum of Nature, P.O. Box 3443, Station D, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1P 6P4 Email: [email protected] Patrice Bouchard* Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids and Nematodes, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 960 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1A 0C6 Email: [email protected] *corresponding author Hume Douglas Entomology, Ottawa Plant Laboratories, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Building 18, 960 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, ON, Canada, K1A 0C6 Email: [email protected] Abstract. Weevils are a diverse group of plant-feeding beetles and occur in most terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems. This chapter documents the diversity and distribution of 295 weevil species found in the Canadian Prairies Ecozone belonging to the families Dryophthoridae (9 spp.), Brachyceridae (13 spp.), and Curculionidae (273 spp.). Weevils in the Prairies Ecozone represent approximately 34% of the total number of weevil species found in Canada. Notable species with distributions restricted to the Prairies Ecozone, usually occurring in one or two provinces, are candidates for potentially rare or endangered status. Résumé. Les charançons forment un groupe diversifié de coléoptères phytophages et sont présents dans la plupart des écosystèmes terrestres et dulcicoles. Le présent chapitre décrit la diversité et la répartition de 295 espèces de charançons vivant dans l’écozone des prairies qui appartiennent aux familles suivantes : Dryophthoridae (9 spp.), Brachyceridae (13 spp.) et Curculionidae (273 spp.). Les charançons de cette écozone représentent environ 34 % du total des espèces de ce groupe présentes au Canada. Certaines espèces notables, qui ne se trouvent que dans cette écozone — habituellement dans une ou deux provinces — mériteraient d’être désignées rares ou en danger de disparition.
  • Coleoptera, Curculionoidea)

    Coleoptera, Curculionoidea)

    An annotated checklist of the weevil fauna of Samos Island with new records for Greece (Coleoptera, Curculionoidea) Autor(en): Germann, Christoph / Müller, Gerd / Müller, Ursula Objekttyp: Article Zeitschrift: Contributions to Natural History : Scientific Papers from the Natural History Museum Bern Band (Jahr): - (2015) Heft 27 PDF erstellt am: 11.10.2021 Persistenter Link: http://doi.org/10.5169/seals-787075 Nutzungsbedingungen Die ETH-Bibliothek ist Anbieterin der digitalisierten Zeitschriften. Sie besitzt keine Urheberrechte an den Inhalten der Zeitschriften. Die Rechte liegen in der Regel bei den Herausgebern. Die auf der Plattform e-periodica veröffentlichten Dokumente stehen für nicht-kommerzielle Zwecke in Lehre und Forschung sowie für die private Nutzung frei zur Verfügung. Einzelne Dateien oder Ausdrucke aus diesem Angebot können zusammen mit diesen Nutzungsbedingungen und den korrekten Herkunftsbezeichnungen weitergegeben werden. Das Veröffentlichen von Bildern in Print- und Online-Publikationen ist nur mit vorheriger Genehmigung der Rechteinhaber erlaubt. Die systematische Speicherung von Teilen des elektronischen Angebots auf anderen Servern bedarf ebenfalls des schriftlichen Einverständnisses der Rechteinhaber. Haftungsausschluss Alle Angaben erfolgen ohne Gewähr für Vollständigkeit oder Richtigkeit. Es wird keine Haftung übernommen für Schäden durch die Verwendung von Informationen aus diesem Online-Angebot oder durch das Fehlen von Informationen. Dies gilt auch für Inhalte Dritter, die über dieses Angebot zugänglich sind. Ein Dienst der ETH-Bibliothek ETH Zürich, Rämistrasse 101, 8092 Zürich, Schweiz, www.library.ethz.ch http://www.e-periodica.ch An annotated checklist of the weevil fauna of Samos Island with new records for Greece (Coleoptera, Curculionoidea) Christoph Germann, Gerd Müller, Ursula Müller & Karel Schön ABSTRACT Contrib. Nat. Hist 27:1-26.
  • Lista Preliminar De Los Curculionoidea (Coleoptera) De La Comunidad De Madrid (España)1

    Lista Preliminar De Los Curculionoidea (Coleoptera) De La Comunidad De Madrid (España)1

    View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk brought to you by CORE provided by Digital.CSIC Graellsia, 62(número extraordinario): 43-52 (2006) LISTA PRELIMINAR DE LOS CURCULIONOIDEA (COLEOPTERA) DE LA COMUNIDAD DE MADRID (ESPAÑA)1 M. A. Alonso-Zarazaga, M. Sánchez-Ruiz y T. Domingo-Quero* RESUMEN Se presenta por primera vez un listado de los Coleoptera Curculionoidea de la Comunidad de Madrid (España), que incluye 552 especies distribuidas en 175 géneros pertenecientes a 10 familias. Palabras clave: Coleoptera, Curculionoidea, Madrid, lista preliminar. ABSTRACT Preliminary checklist of the Curculionoidea (Coleoptera) of Comunidad de Madrid (Spain) A checklist of the Coleoptera Curculionoidea of Comunidad de Madrid (Spain) is presented for the first time. It includes 522 species in 175 genera belonging to 10 families. Key words: Coleoptera, Curculionoidea, Madrid, checklist. Introducción de esta última. Las obras que intentan catalogar por primera vez los Curculionoidea de la Península Los listados de especies de Curculionoidea pre- Ibérica son el listado de Scolytidae ibero-baleares y sentes en la Península Ibérica tienen su piedra fun- marroquíes de Manuel Martínez de la Escalera dacional en dos obras separadas, debido a la (1919) y la enumeración de Luis Iglesias Iglesias costumbre decimonónica de considerar por separa- (1922), con muchos errores y omisiones, que com- do a los gorgojos y a los barrenillos (familias pletan el inacabado Catálogo de todos los Scolytidae y Platypodidae). Durante todo el siglo Coleópteros de De la Fuente. XX y principios del XXI diversos autores han apor- El listado que se presenta a continuación sólo tado pruebas concluyentes para considerar que los puede considerarse como preliminar.