Sicoderus vanini Anderson, 1999

Anderson, Robert S., 2018, The genus Sicoderus Vanin 1986 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Curculioninae: Erodiscini) in the West Indies, Zootaxa 4497 (3), pp. 301-345 : 337-338

Sicoderus vanini Anderson

( Figures 87–88 . Map 8)

Sicoderus vanini Anderson 1999: 133 . Holotype female ( CWOB) from Tortola, British Uirgin Islands , examined in 1999.

Description: Length female, 5.0– 6.6 mm. Integument reddsish-brown, shining. Eyes narrowly separated by a

distance of about 2–3 ommatidia. Rostrum 1.21–1.48x length elytra in female. Antennal insertion just before middle in female. Prothorax constricted anteriorly, globose, widest at about midlength; punctures dense, large and deep, subcoalescent, forming striolae on disk, slightly shallower and smaller in anterior one-fifth and towards posterior margin, slightly deeper and larger on flanks where striolae more distinct; erect setae lacking. Elytra in dorsal view widest at about midlength, lateral margins slightly convergent both anteriorly and posteriorly; humeri fully reduced, not at all angulate; lacking erect setae (perhaps abraded or broken). Strial punctures evident, shallow, moderately fine; striae not impressed throughout length. Membranous wings lacking. Abdominal ventrite 1 of female markedly convex. Ventrite 5 of female uniformly slightly convex. Legs with all femora lacking tooth; tarsal claws with small basal tooth. Male not known.

Material examined: None; description modified from Anderson (1999).

Comments: This species was described by Anderson (1999) from two females collected on the British Virgin Islands.

Figures

FIGURES 85–88. Species of Sicoderus. 85. Sicoderus turnbowi, dorsal habitus. 86. Sicoderus turnbowi, lateral habitus. 87. Sicoderus vanini, dorsal habitus. 88. Sicoderus vanini, lateral habitus.