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.