Phrissotrichum Schilsky, 1901

Morris, Michael G., Sw, London & Dt, Dorset, 2011, The Apionidae (Coleoptera) of the Canary Islands, with particular reference to the contribution of T. Vernon Wollaston, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 51 (1), pp. 157-182 : 162

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scientific name	Phrissotrichum Schilsky, 1901
status

Treatment

One species.A distinctive, ‘bristly’ species with a pronounced brassy reflection, length 1.5–2.4

mm. ..................................................................... P. tubuliferum ( Wollaston, 1864) ( Fig. 2 View Figs )

Male rostrum shorter, about as long as pronotum. Female rostrum longer, as long as, or longer than, head and pronotum combined.

References

WOLLASTON T. V. 1864: Catalogue of the Coleopterous insects of the Canaries in the collection of the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History), London, 648 pp.

Figs. 1–4. Habitus of the Apionidae of Canary Islands. 1 – Perapion fallax (Wollaston, 1864), syntype, Wollaston Coll. (BMNH); 2 – Phrissotrichum tubuliferum (Wollaston, 1864), syntype, Wollaston Coll. (BMNH); 3 – Aspidapion acerifoliae Suppantschitsch, 1996, author’s Coll.; 4 – Aspidapion radiolus chalybeipenne (Wollaston, 1854), Wollaston Coll. (BMNH).