Baiocis unispineus Roberts

Beaver, Roger A., 2018, A review of the genus Baiocis Browne, 1962 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Platypodinae), with new species, new synonymy and a key to males, Zootaxa 4434 (3), pp. 481-501 : 497

Baiocis unispineus Roberts

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Baiocis unispineus Roberts, 1986: 39 .

Taxonomy: The specific name is mis-spelt as unispinosus in both the Wood and Bright (1992) catalog and its two supplements ( Bright and Skidmore 1997, 2002). The senior author has examined the holotype and male and female paratypes (BMNH). The species is closely related to B. orientalis described above, but can be distinguished by characters given in the diagnosis of that species.

Distribution: The species is known only from the type series collected in Papua New Guinea.

Biology: The type series was collected from Xanthophyllum papuanum (Polygalaceae) .

Figures

FIGURES 10–17. Baiocis species. 10. B. angustiformis, dorsal view male elytral apex. 11‒12. B. inimicus. 11, dorsal view male elytral apex; 12, lateral view male abdomen and elytral apex. 13. B. pernanulus, dorsal view male elytral apex. 14, 17. B. orientalis. 14, male elytral apex, posterior view; 17, male head, lateral view. 15. B. unispineus, lateral view male abdomen and elytral apex. 16. B. pernanulus, lateral view female head. Scale line = 0.67 mm (Figs 11‒12, 15); 0.5 mm (Figs 10, 13, 16‒17); 0.4 mm (Fig. 14)