Metapocyrtus (Metapocyrtus) striatus, Heller, 1912

Rukmane-Bārbale, Anita, 2023, To The Knowledge Onmetapocyrtusheller, 1912 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Pachyrhynchini) Species From Sibuyan Island, With Description Of New Species, Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 23 (2), pp. 275-282 : 277-278

M. (Metapocyrtus) striatus Heller, 1912

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Description ( Heller, 1912): ‘’Pronotum roughly dotted; with single round to elongated white scales dorsally on disc; anterior and posterior edge of pronotum with

277 sparse white scales; elytra with regular puncture rows and corresponding longitudinal rows of white scales.’’

Relation: Related to M. (M.) sibuyanensis Schultze, 1925 , but can be distinguished by different sculpture of elytra, presence of white longitudinal scale stripes on elytra and shorter rostrum with stronger sculpture.

Material examined: 3 males, 1 female: Male type ( Fig. 4 ) // Acc No. 1990. / Lot / Govt.Lab.Coll // 1911 / 7 // Typus! / striatus // Collected by / R .McGregor. // Staatl. Museum fur / Tierkunde Dresden // two males and one female with occurrence label: // Romblon Isl / C.M.Weber. // (all in MTD) .

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Figures

Fig. 4.M. (Metapocyrtus) striatusHeller, 1912, Holotype, male (MTD).

Fig. 5. Dorsal habitus ofM. romblonensis sp. nov., male, holotype (A); B – growths at elytral shoulder; C – penis in lateral view; D – sternite IX in dorsal view; E – sternite VIII in dorsal view; F – ovipositor; G – spermatheca.

Fig. 6. Dorsal (A, B) and lateral (C, D) view ofM. (Metapocyrtus) puncticollisHeller, 1912 (A, C) andM. romblonensis sp. nov. (B, D).