Sicoderus hamburgi ( SleePer, 1954 )

Anderson, Robert S., 2021, The Status of Species of Erodiscus Schoenherr, 1825 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Curculioninae) Described by Elbert L. Sleeper, The Coleopterists Bulletin 75 (2), pp. 501-504 : 502-503

Sicoderus hamburgi ( SleePer, 1954) ( Figs. 5–6 )

Erodiscus hamburgi Sleeper 1954: 354 . O’Brien and Wibmer 1982: 100. Described from a female holotype labeled Reventazon, Costa Rica, VI-24, E. Hamburg.

Sicoderus hamburgi ; Vanin 1986: 618.

Although he placed it within Sicoderus but without assignment to a species group, Vanin (1986) also considered that this species might be a Prosicoderus based on Sleeper’s comment that this species was “nearest to E. bituberculatus Champion ”, a species Vanin had assigned to Prosicoderus . On the other hand, Sleeper’s description states that the suture between abdominal ventrites 1 and 2 was “not in evidence” and that the tarsal claws were simple, character states I have confirmed by examination of the holotype, yet in all known Prosicoderus , including Prosicoderus bituberculatus (Champion) , the suture is very distinct and the tarsal claws are toothed. As for S. panamensis , the holotype is also a female so a confirmed placement in a species group is not possible without examination of a conspecific male.

Figures

Figs. 5–8. Sicoderus hamburgi and Sicoderus marshalli holotypes. S. hamburgi: 5) Dorsal habitus; 6) Lateral habitus. S. marshalli: 7) Dorsal habitus; 8) Lateral habitus.