Proctorus LeConte, 1876

Lewis, Jake H. & Anderson, Robert S., 2022, A revision of the North American genus Proctorus (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Ellescini) with descriptions of two new species, ZooKeys 1131, pp. 135-153 : 135

Genus Proctorus LeConte, 1876

Proctorus LeConte, 1876: 212. LeConte 1878: 620. O’Brien and Wibmer 1982: 94. Alonso-Zarazaga and Lyal 1999: 78. Bousquet et al. 2013: 326.

Encalus LeConte, 1876: 213. Type species: Encalus decipiens LeConte, 1876 (monotypy).

Type species.

Proctorus armatus LeConte, 1876, by monotypy.

Gender.

Masculine.

Diagnosis.

Length 2.9-4.1 mm. Small, rounded, cuticle dark (black) or dark red and some species with dull orange, transverse stripe on elytra. Cuticle with coarse, white and/or yellow hair-like or more broad scales. Rostrum stout, roughly equal in length to pronotum, and often covered in scales up to antennal insertion. Eyes small and circular to oval, extending somewhat onto the rostrum medially. Antennae reddish with small, oval club. Pronotum as wide as long, coarsely punctate, scaled, and with or without prominent smooth, longitudinal midline. Scutellum not covered densely with bright white scales. Elytra oval in dorsal view, striae with large, deep punctures each bearing a scale. Punctures of elytral striae distinctly larger than those of pronotal disk. Interstrial regions of elytra with 2-4 irregular rows of scales. Fifth ventrite of male modified, with various projections and carinae. Fifth ventrite of female unmodified. Legs with femora toothed. Tarsal claws bearing basal tooth. Aedeagus rounded, subquadrate or emarginate at apex. Internal sac with hook-like sclerite.

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