Indian Entiminae
(Broad nosed weevils)
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| Species Name | : | Sympiezomias metallescens sp. nov. (Marshall, 1916) |
| Taxonomic_position | : | Entiminae: Tanymecini |
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| Diagnosis | : | Colour black, with grey scaling, the sides of the prothorax and elytra with a broad ill-defined stripe of metallic green, and a few scattered green scales on the disk of the elytra.Rostrum· longer than broad, its sides subparallel, not impressed above, longitudinally wrinkled and with a deep narrow furrow. Prothorax about as long as broad in the male, a little broader in the female. Elytra narrowly ovate in the male, broader in the female, without any humeral fold, shallowly compressed and subacuminate posteriorly. Legs red-brown, with grey scaling having a coppery reflexion. |
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| Distribution | : | Burma | References | : | Marshall, G.A.K. 1916. Coleoptera. Rhynchophora: Curculionidae. In: Shiply, A.E. (Ed.), The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Taylor and Francis, London, 170 pp. |
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