Elytrocallus montrouzieri Chevrolat, 1877

Kuschel, Guillermo, 2008, Curculionoidea (weevils) of New Caledonia and Vanuatu: Basal families and some Curculionidae, Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 197, pp. 99-250 : 131

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Elytrocallus montrouzieri Chevrolat
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Elytrocallus montrouzieri Chevrolat View in CoL re-instated

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Elytrocallus montrouzieri Chevrolat, 1877a: 172 View in CoL , pl. 4: 5. — Günther 1943: 22 (syn. with chevrolati , in error).

Eupholus cyphoides Pascoe, 1881: 588 View in CoL n. syn.

Elytrocallus cyphoides View in CoL – Marshall 1952: 265 n. syn.

Elytrocallus humeridens Chevrolat, 1877a: 172 View in CoL n. syn.

DESCRIPTION. — The scaly cover is much the same in either sex, usually showing black lines or a horseshoe pattern on the elytra, sometimes also with pinkish coloured spots dorsally and laterally by the shoulders. The species is welldefined against E. chevrolati .

Length: 9.5-19.0 mm.

TYPE MATERIAL. — 1) E. montrouzieri : two syntypes present. Lectotype female, 12.7 x 5.9 mm, ‘Nlle Calédonie, type, Elytrocallus montrouzieri Chv , Nov. Caled., Coll. Fauvel’ [name and locality on same label in Chevrolat’s handwriting), IRSN. Paralectotype female, NHRM. 2) E. cyphoides : holotype female, 19.0 x 9.5 mm, ‘Anateum, Elytrocallus cyphoides Pascoe , type, Coll. Pascoe’ [published in Eupholus ], NHML. 3) E. humeridens : holotype female, 15.0 x 7.2 mm, N. Caled., Typus, 332/80, ‘ Elytrocallus humeridens Chv , Nov. Caled.’ [name and locality on same label in Chevrolat’s own handwriting], NHRM. Identified non-type specimens with BPBM, IRSN, NHML, NZAC, SMT.D, SRFP.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — New Caledonia. Baie de Prony, Bou- Thio, Tonghoué, 5 km up Tontouta River, Yahoué, Yiambi. rail, Humboldt & Kalouchola River junction, Kanala, La Coulée, Loyalty Is. Ouvéa. Île des Pins. Vanuatu (Aneityum). 130 spe- La Crouen, La Foa, Nouméa, Bourail, Pocquereux, Tiéa Forest, cimens.

HOSTPLANTS. — Some specimens were found on Erythrina (Fabaceae) , Schinus terebinthifolius (Anacardiacaeae) , and Proteaceae .

ETYMOLOGY. — The senior name of the species is dedicated to the Marist missionary X. Montrouzier.

REMARKS. — The presence of the species in Aneityum has to be confirmed as no specimen other than the type of E. cyphoides is known from Vanuatu .

341: 1 - 39. FAUST J. 1887. - Zur Gattung Echinocnemus Sch. Stettiner Entomologische CHEVROLAT L. A. A. 1877 a. - Descriptions de Coleopteres nouveaux ou peu Zeitung 48: 187 - 192.

nomenclature des Calodrominae (Coleoptera: Brentidae) III - Tribu des GUNTHER K. 1943. - Vermischte Studien uber Russelkafer hauptsachlich aus Calodromini (complement posthume). Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des der Sammlung Hartmann, jetzt im Staatl. Museum fur Tierkunde, Dresden. Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Entomologie 58: 101 - 173. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, Dresden, Erganzungsband: 10 - 96. DAMOISEAU R. 1989 b. - Contribution a la systematique et corrections a la HELLER K. M. 1894. - Neue Zygopiden, Isorhynchiden und Sympiezopiden, nomenclature des Brentinae et Ceocephalinae (Coleoptera-Brentidae). nebst erganzenden Bemerkungen zu bekannten Arten. Tijdschrift voor Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Entomologie Entomologie 37: 33 - 66.

IRSN

Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique

NHRM

Naturhistoriska Rijkmuseet

NHML

Natural History Museum, Tripoli

BPBM

Bishop Museum

NZAC

New Zealand Arthropod Collection

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Curculionidae

Genus

Elytrocallus