Curculio hippophes Zhang

Pelsue, Frank W. & Zhang, Runzhi, 2003, A Review of the Genus Curculio from China with Descriptions of Fourteen New Species. Part IV. The Curculio sikkimensis (Heller) Group (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Curculioninae: Curculionini), The Coleopterists Bulletin 57 (3), pp. 311-333 : 316

Curculio hippophes Zhang

( Figs. 7–8 )

Type. China: Shaanxi Province, Holotype male ( IZAS).

Diagnosis. Small in size; 2.67–2.83 mm in length, 1.21–1.5 mm in width; derm rubiginose; rostrum of male and female shorter than body, cylindrical, evenly arced; antennal club as long as funicular segments 1–4; disc of pronotum clothed with narrow, elongate, white scales; scutellum large, longer than broad, scutate, clothed with white scales; elytra clothed with narrow, elongate, white scales, with few piceous scales mixed; femora armed with small, acute teeth, hind tooth larger than pro-and mesoteeth; hind femur not reaching apex of abdomen; sternite 1 as long as 2 behind coxal cavity; metauncus small. Genitalia. Illustrated in Zhang (1992).

Plant Associations. Hippophae rhamnoides Linnaeus , seeds.

Distribution. China: Shaanxi Province, Long County.

Remarks. This species resembles C. pylzovi and Curculio hilgendorfi (Harold) in coloration but smaller than either species, much smaller than C. hilgendorfi (6.0–9.0 mm) and rostrum longer than that of C. pylzovi .

Figures

Figs. 7–8. Curculio hippophes Zhang Female, habitus dorsal and lateral views. Figs. 9–10. Curculio sikkimensis (Heller) Male, habitus dorsal and lateral views. Figs. 11–12. Curculio penteri n. sp. Male, habitus dorsal and lateral views, holotype. Various scales.