Platysimus insularis (Boheman)

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 : 160

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978-2-85653-605-6

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scientific name

Platysimus insularis (Boheman)
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Platysimus insularis (Boheman) View in CoL

Celeuthetes insularis Boheman, 1843: 251 View in CoL .

Trigonops insularis Lacordaire, 1863: 150 = Zimmerman 1942c: 82 View Cited Treatment ( Trigonops View in CoL , syn. griseus View in CoL , spongicollis View in CoL , squamatus View in CoL ).

Celeuthetes griseus Fairmaire, 1849: 508 View in CoL .

Sphaerorhinus spongicollis Fairmaire,1849: 505 View in CoL .

Elytrurus squamatus Rainbow, 1897: 92 View in CoL .

DESCRIPTION. — Male: lateral margin of depression or flattening of elytral dorsum rather thick, convex, lacking a clear flange or costa; stria 7 usually not part of the dorsal flattening, being at a little lower level than 6; humeral area widening in straight line, neither rounded (convex) nor sinuous (concave).

Female: elytra parallel-sided, not yet separable from other species with subparallel sides.

Length: 3.7-5.2 mm.

TYPE MATERIAL. — No type material present .

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Kiribati, Tuvalu, W. Samoa, Wallis, Fiji, Lau , Tonga, Society, Cook, Austral. 187 specimens .

HOSTPLANTS. — Specimens beaten off Acalypha, Messerschmidia argentea, Prenna, Scaevola, Synedrella nodiflora.

REMARKS. — The species was described, in error, from Guam ( Zimmerman 1942c).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Curculionidae

Genus

Platysimus

Loc

Platysimus insularis (Boheman)

Kuschel, Guillermo 2008
2008
Loc

Trigonops insularis

ZIMMERMAN E. C. 1942: 82
1942
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