Indian Entiminae
(Broad nosed weevils)
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| Species Name | : | Peltotrachelus maculosus sp. nov. (Pajni, 1990) |
| Taxonomic_position | : | Entiminae: Cyphicerini: Cyphicerina |
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| Diagnosis | : | Eyes black, broadly-ovate, moderately bulging. Rostrum black, much longer than broad, with sides convergent, dorsal area slightly depressed behind antennae, covered sparsely with narrow white scales. Antennae piceous, long, moderately squamose. Prothorax wider than long, with ocular lobes well-developed and vibrissae long. Elytra black, oblong, sub-parallel upto beyond middle, slightly wider at shoulders than base of prothorax, with shoulders rounded. Legs black, moderately covered with white scales. |
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| Distribution | : | References | : | Pajni, H.R., 1990. Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Subfamily Eremninae, Tribe Cyphicerini. Fauna of India and adjacent countries. |
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