Nothotragopus tuberosus (Boheman)

Setliff, Gregory P., 2008, Review of the Indonesian GenusNothotragopusZimmerman (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Cryptorhynchinae), The Coleopterists Bulletin (Basel, Switzerland) 62 (2), pp. 203-214 : 203-214

Nothotragopus tuberosus (Boheman)

( Fig. 2–3 , 10 , 14–17 )

Tragopus tuberosus Boheman , in Schönherr 1844: 428 [description]; Lea, 1913: 466 [notes]. Nothotragopus tuberosus (Boheman) , Zimmerman 1992: 282 Plate 445.1 and 445.2. [transferred and illustrated]; Zimmerman 1994: 657 [redescription].

Diagnosis. This species is distinguished from its congeners by the combination of its smaller size (length 7.9 mm, width 3.3 mm) and pronotum uniformly covered in dense squamae. The unmodified ventral apex of the female rostrum separates this species from N. tragopoides ( Fig. 10 ). The truncate and smooth apex of the female tergite VIII is evenly set with numerous short stout setae ( Fig. 16 ) and further separates it from N. zimmermani . See Zimmerman (1994: 657) for redescription.

Type material examined. Holotype: 1 ♀. ‘‘N.H./Hope 184 N. Holl./19, NG [on underside]/ Tragopus tuberous /Specimen figured, ECZ.’’ [ UMO].

Other material examined. 1 ♀. [formerly a syntype of Cyamobolus tragopoides Heller ]: ‘‘ Java /ex. coll. Felsche. / Paratypus [sic], Cyamobolus tragopoides Hellr. ’’ [ NHML] .

210 Dubious material. Male provisionally determined to species: 1 Oi. [formerly a syntype of Cyamobolus tragopoides Heller ]: ‘‘ P.F. Sijthoff., Preanger, Java /1912, 44/ Paratypus [sic], Cyamobolus tragopoides Hellr. 39/ Syntypus / Cyamobolus , tragopoides m.i.l, Heller det. 1939’’ [ DEI]. I tentatively assign this male to N. tuberosus based on similarity of the dorsal vestiture and smaller, less robust facies.

Figures

Figs. 2–5. Nothotragopus species, adult habitus. 2) N. tuberosus female, lateral view; 3) same, dorsal view; 4) N. tragopoides, female, lateral view; 5) same, dorsal view.

Figs. 10–13. Nothotragopus species, detail of head and rostrum, lateral view. 10) N. tuberosus female; 11) N. tragopoides, female; 12) N. zimmermani new species, female; 13) putative male of N. zimmermani.

Figs. 14–17. Female terminalia of Nothotragopus tuberosus. 14) spermatheca, lateral view; 15) hemisternites, dorsal view; 16) tergite VIII, dorsal view; 17) sternite VIII, ventral view. Left scale line for Figs. 14–16 5 0.5 mm; right scale line for Fig. 17 5 1.0 mm.