Metapocyrtus (Trachycyrtus) vestitus, Schultze, 1925

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 : 276-277

M. (Trachycyrtus) vestitus Schultze, 1925

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Description ( Schultze, 1925): ‘’Black, with sparsely scattered pale-yellow wish scales. Elytra short, subovate, with indistinct longitudinal rows of minutely fine hairs and sparsely scattered scales. Rostrum densely confluently punctured, beset with fine whitish hair, basal half with a rather strongly pronounced medial depression and two irregular, sub rugose longitudinal ridges. Basal transverse groove confluent with a pit

276 like depression on sides, in front of eye, and the latter united with antennal scrobe. Front rugosely punctured with a sharply defined medial groove and some scattered scales. Prothorax sub globular, densely, and uniformly roundish granulate, sparsely scattered with yellowish scales. Legs dark brown, moderately densely beset with setae.’’

Material examined: 6 ex.: Male Type ( Fig. 1 ) // Romblon Isl. / June 1904 / R.C. McGregor // Coll. W. Schultze / Ankauf 1942 // Staatl. Museum fur / Tierkunde Dresden // Metapocyrtus / vestitus ♂ / Det. W. Schultze Schultze / Type // (all from MTD).

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Fig. 1.M. (Trachycyrtus) vestitusSchultze, 1925, Holotype, male (MTD).