Indian Entiminae
(Broad nosed weevils)
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| Species Name | : | Peltotrachelus pubes (Faust, 1886) |
| Taxonomic_position | : | Entiminae: Cyphicerini: Cyphicerina |
| Synonyms | : | Platytrachelus pubes (Faust, 1886) |
| Diagnosis | : | Eyes piceous, small, apparently sunken, almost flat, circular. Rostrum fuscus, somewhat longer than its basal width, running parallel from base to scrobes and then dilated at genae. Antennae moderately long, fuscus. Elytra brown, oblong, slightly convex, widening gradually from base to behind middle, narrowing towards apex, with apices separately rounded. Legs fuscus. |
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| Distribution | : | Karnataka (Tithimatti, South Coorg, Bangalore). | References | : | Pajni, H.R., 1990. Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Subfamily Eremninae, Tribe Cyphicerini. Fauna of India and adjacent countries. |
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