Menectetorus vitiensis (Zimmerman) Zimmerman, 1942

Zimmerman, Elwood C., 1942, Curculionidae of Guam, Insects of Guam I, Honolulu, Hawaii: Bernice P. Bishop Museum, pp. 73-146 : 105-106

Menectetorus vitiensis (Zimmerman) , new combination.

Chaetectetorus vitiensis Zimmerman, Haw. Ent. Soc., Proc. 9 (3): 447, fig. 1 , 1937. Fiji.

All the members of this genus have very dense, spongy scaling; the elytra are usually more or less fasciculate and the pronotum has a number of large, conspicuous discal foveae.

Most of the species thus far described have been recorded from Australia, but one has been described from New Guinea, one from Fiji, one from Samoa, and the genotype from Burma. I have seen other species, however, that show that the genus also inhabits the Philippines and is well represented on the mainland of New Guinea.

Figures

FIGURE 1.-0utlines of structures of Curculionidae: a, b, outlines of heads of (a) Trigonops convexa and (b) T. vulgaris, showing convexity of eyes; c, d, lateral outlines of aedeagus of (c) Microcryptorhynchus guamae and (d) M. premnae; e, f, dorsal outline of aedeagus of (e) M. premnae and (f) M. guamae; g, h, apices of mesotibiae of (g) Choerorrhi1wides flavisetosus and (h) C. marshalli.