The new genus Pheude (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Cossoninae) with description of a new species from mainland China

By

Omar, Youssef
Zhang, Runzhi
Davis, Steven R., 1983-

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2014

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

466

Pages

29-41

Subjects

China , Dryotribini , key to genera , new species , Pheude punctatus

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.466.8032

 

Abstract

A new weevil, Pheude punctatus gen. et sp. n., of the tribe Dryotribini in Cossoninae, is described from Guangdong Province, South China. It differs from the related genera Dryotribus Horn and Microtribodes Morimoto in having antennae with seven articles and a distinct scutellum, and from Ochronanus Pascoe and Stenomimus Wollaston in having long antennae, a rostrum with a medio-longitudinal furrow beginning at the posterior margin of the eyes and extending approximately midway on the rostrum, and a moderately elevated, medio-longitudinal carina extending the full length of the pronotum. Other diagnostic characters and illustrations are provided. A key to the genera of Dryotribini known from China is given.