Indian Entiminae
(Broad nosed weevils)
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| Species Name | : | Phytoscapus chloroticus Boheman (1843) |
| Taxonomic_position | : | Eremninae: Cyphicerini: Phytoscaphina |
| Synonyms | : | Phytoscaphus chloroticus Boheman, 1843. in Schonh. Gen. Spec. Cure., (1) 7: 413. Phytoscaphus cuprescens Aurivillius, 1891. Nouv. Arch. Mus. Paris (3) m: 215. Phytoscaphus chloroticus Schenkling & Marshall, 1931. Coleopterorum Catalogus, pars 114: 23, 34. |
| Diagnosis | : | Rostrum fuscus, much longer than broad, running parallel from base to scrobes and then strongly dilated at apex; epistome short, with margins sharply carinate, forming behind an obtuse angle not exceeding a line of insertion of antennae; Antennae moderately long, fuscus; funicle with joint 2 a little longer than 1, joints 1 and 2 with three to four whorls and remaining joints with one whorl of sub-erect setae; Prothorax fuscus, transverse, broadest at middle; anterior margin truncate, with well-developed ocular lobes and fine vibrissae laterally; Elytra fuscus, oblong-ovate, parallel sided from shoulders to beyond middle, narrowing towards apex; Legs fuscus, densely covered with pinkish and shining green scales as well as short setae; anterior and middle tibiae with a row of spines on their inner apical half; corbels of hind tibiae enclosed by an internal row of bristles. |
| Host | : | Bamboo, weeds |
| Distribution | : | Uttar Pradesh: Kanpur, Dehradun, Bengal, Meghalaya: Shillong and Arunachal Pradesh: East Siang, Lower Dibang | References | : | Pajni, H.R., 1990. Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Subfamily Eremninae, Tribe Cyphicerini. Fauna of India and adjacent countries. |
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