Catapion pubescens (Kirby, 1811)

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 : 178

Catapion pubescens (Kirby, 1811)

( Fig. 12 )

Apion pubescens Kirby, 1811: 350 .

= Apion ceuthorhynchoides Wollaston, 1864: 314 . HOLOTYPE ( Fig. 12 ): J (dissected), original labels: ‘Type’ and ‘ ceuthorhynchoides Woll. ’; a formal determination label has also been attached:‘ Apion pubescens Kirby = Apion ceuthorhynchoides Wollaston / det. M.G. Morris 2010’ (BMNH).

It is perhaps somewhat surprising that Wollaston, who had experience of the British fauna of Curculionoidea ( MACHADO 2006), did not recognise his Apion ceuthorhynchoides Wollaston, 1864 as this species. LINDBERG & LINDBERG (1958), BRITO & OROMÍ (1986) and GURREA & SANZ (2000) included it under Wollaston’s name, none of these authors having been able to examine the unique Canarian example. The specimen, in BMNH, was correctly identified by DIECKMANN (1989) and his synonymy is here confirmed. Based on the study of the holotype of Apion ceuthorhynchoides Wollaston in the Wollaston Collection (BMNH) Apion ceuthorhynchoides Wollaston is regarded a junior synonym of Catapion pubescens (Kirby, 1811) . This species apparently reached the Canary Islands but failed to become established.

Figures

Figs. 9–12. Habitus of the Apionidae of Canary Islands. 9 – Taeniapion delicatulum (Wollaston, 1857), author’s Coll.; 10 – Hemitrichapion gomerense Stüben & Behne, 2010, author’s Coll; 11 – Holotrichapion rotundipenne (Wollaston, 1854), author’s Coll.; 12 – Catapion pubescens (Kirby, 1811), holotype of Apion ceuthorhynchoides Wollaston, 1864, Wollaston Coll. (BMNH).