Panolcus scolopax Gerstaecker, 1860

Anderson, Robert S., 2024, A second species of the genus Panolcus Gerstaecker 1860 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Molytinae: Cryptorhynchini) from French Guiana and Suriname with taxonomic changes in Cryptorhynchini, Zootaxa 5437 (1), pp. 15-20 : 16

Panolcus scolopax Gerstaecker

( Figs. 1–3 , 12 )

Panolcus scolopax Gerstaecker 1860: 378 ; Wibmer & O’Brien 1986: 216 (checklist); Alonso-Zarazaga & Lyal 1999: 138 (catalog).

Diagnosis: Body length 5.4–5.6 mm in females, 5.3–5.5 mm in males, width 2.9–3.0 mm in females, 2.9–3.0 mm in males. Rostrum in female about as long as elytra, apex of rostrum not reaching apex of elytra when in repose, of male, reaching to level of posterior margin of mesocoxae. Pronotum only slightly tubulate anteriorly in both sexes. Femora and tibiae robust, profemora about 3 x as long as width at base, protibiae about 4 x as long as maximum width. Protarsus with tarsomere 1 about as long as tarsomeres 2–5 combined.Aedeagus with lateral margins sinuate, each with distally directed tooth at point of constriction.

Specimens examined: Brazil: Bahia, Encruzilhada , 980 m, Nov 1974, M. Alvarenga (1 male, 1 female, CMNC; 2 males, 1 female, FSCA). Brazil, Kirsch (1 female, MTDC) .

Figures

FIGURES 1–6. Panolcus female habitus images. 1, Panolcus scolopax, lateral; 2; Panolcus scolopax, dorsal; 3, Panolcus scolopax, ventral; 4, Panolcus filirostris, lateral; 5, Panolcus filirostris, dorsal; 6, Panolcus filirostris, ventral.

FIGURES 7–12. Panolcus male habitus and aedeagus images. 7, Panolcus filirostris habitus, lateral; 8, Panolcus filirostris habitus, dorsal; 9, Panolcus filirostris habitus, ventral; 10, Panolcus filirostris aedeagus, dorsal view; 11, Panolcus filirostris aedeagus, lateral view; 12, Panolcus scolopax aedeagus, dorsal view.