Indian Entiminae
(Broad nosed weevils)
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| Species Name | : | Peltotrachelus rugipenllis (Marshall, 1917) |
| Taxonomic_position | : | Entiminae: Cyphicerini: Cyphicerina |
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| Diagnosis | : | Eyes small, lateral, black, elongate and slightly convex. Rostrum piceous, longer than its basal width, almost parallel sided from base to scrobes, then dilated at apex. Antennae moderately long, fuscus. Prothorax brown, transverse, broadest at base; anterior margin very slightly rounded, with strongly developed ocular lobes and some vibrissae. Elytra fuscus, oblong, flat, very gradually narrowing from shoulders to behind middle and then strongly narrowing to apex. Legs fuscus, sparsely squamose and densely setose |
| Host | : | Tectona grandis |
| Distribution | : | Tamil Nadu (Nilambur, Annamalai Hills) | References | : | Pajni, H.R., 1990. Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Subfamily Eremninae, Tribe Cyphicerini. Fauna of India and adjacent countries. |
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