Bondarius nitidus
Creators: name: Santos, Geane Brizzola dos
name: Rosado-Neto, Germano Henrique
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Curculionidae
Bondarius
Bondarius nitidus

description: Bondarius nitidus (Champion, 1902)
Figs 30–42
Sternechus nitidus Champion, 1902: 118 (description); Dalla Torre et al., 1932: 96 (catalog); Blackwelder, 1947: 824 (catalog). O’Brien & Wibmer, 1982: 5 (catalog).
Bondarius nitidus Rosado-Neto, 2006 (new combination, systematics).
Redescription. Integument reddish-black to dark brown covered with fine, elongate and sparse setae (Figs 30–32). Rostrum long, cylindrical, 1.6 times longer than its basal width; punctation small and dense on dorsum, deep, irregular and wrinkled laterally (Figs 30, 31). Scrobes ventrally separated by an obsolete carina. Antennae submedian, scape shorter than or as long as funicle. Mouthparts: Mandibles bi-toothed, with teeth round (Fig. 33). Palpifer and basal articles of maxillary palp as long as wide; lacinia with five teeth, apical teeth more elongate and narrower than basal teeth (Fig. 35); prementum rectangular, sides round, converging toward the anterior margin; one pair of lateral setae; anterior margin round; labial palps elongate, slightly asymmetrical, glabrous; ligula with apex round (Fig. 34). Eyes acuminate ventrally, posterior margin rounded; interocular space 1.2 times the apical width of scape. Prothorax wider on central and posterior portions, sides parallel on basal ½, converging toward anterior margin; punctation deep, dense, slightly wrinkled on lateral margins; lateral tubercles weakly developed (Fig. 32). Elytra 1.2 times longer than their humeral width; striae with deeper punctation at base, smaller punctures progressively toward the apex; interstriae convex. Legs: punctation shallow, dense or sparse. Femora unarmed. Tibiae with weakly developed, short, median ventral tooth. Male genitalia: median lobe wide, as long as basal apodemes, curved in lateral view, sides parallel, apex as wide as base, truncated, slightly curved down (Figs 36, 37). Tegmen with dorsal lobes well separated, subequal to manubrium (Fig. 38). Spiculum gastrale moderately thick, apex widened and curved (Fig. 39). Female: abdominal tergite 8 trapezoidal, sides converging toward apex; apical margin crenulated, without median notch; with short, inclined setae on apex and dorsum; dorsal punctation shallow and sparse (Fig. 40). Abdominal sternite 8 strongly transverse; ventral spicula longer than apical lobes; apical arms round, apex densely pubescent (Fig. 41). Coxites cylindrical, broad without setae. Styles cylindrical, distinct, apex covered with short and dense setae. Bursa copulatrix membranous, without sclerites. Spermatheca curved; ramus subequal to collum. Spermatecal gland membranous, larger than spermatheca; spermathecal duct as long as bursa copulatrix, introduced into the bursa copulatrix base (Fig. 42).
Sexual dimorphism. Females with rostrum longer, with shallow and sparse punctation. Males with rostrum shorter, straight, punctation thicker and denser.
Dimensions. Males/Females, respectively: BL: 6.17– 8.33/5.17–8.17; LR: 1.42–1.83/1.00–1.75; WR: 0.75–1.00/0.67– 1.08; PL: 1.50–2.00/1.17–2.00; PW: 2.67–3.58/2.25–3.92; EL: 4.67–6.33/4.00–6.17; EW: 3.67–5.00/3.00–5.42; IO: 0.17–0.25; WE: 0.17–1.25; LE: 0.75–1.0; LF: 0.83–1.17/0.83–1.08.
Type material examined. Holotype ♀, deposited in the BMNH, with the following labels: “ TYPE /Bugaba Panama Champion/ B.C.A. Col. IV-4 Sternechus nitidus Champ. ”.
Material examined. PANAMA, Chiriqui, 1♀, 2 km N Prov. Sta Clara, 1300 m, 24-25. V.1977, H. & A. Howden leg. (CMNC). French Guiana, Rio Maroni, 1♂ (NZAC), 1♂, 1♀ (USMN); Roches de Korou, 1♂ (MNHN); Caiena, 1♀ (MNHN); St. Laurent du Maroni, 1♀, A. Hustache leg. (MNHN). PERU, San Martin, 1♂, Tarapoto, 1886, M. de Mathan, leg. (MNHN). BRAZIL, Amazonas: Teffé, 1♂, 1♀, 1879 (MNHN). Pará: Cametá, 1♂ (NZAC); Santarém, 1♀, Faz. Taperinha, 1–11.II.1968 (MZSP); Jacareacanga, 2♂, XII.1986, M. Alvarenga (DZUP); TucuruÍ: 1♀, I.1979, M. Alvarenga leg. (ASUCOB). Mato Grosso: Barra do Rio Tapirapé, 1♀, 2-16.I.1966, B. Malkin leg. (MZSP). Bolivia, Santa Cruz: Santa Cruz, 1♂, 10 mi. W. Portachuelo, 27.III.1978, at night Gb, Marshall (ASUCOB).
Geographic distribution. Panama, French Guiana, Peru, Brazil (Amazonas, Pará, Mato Grosso), Bolivia.
Biology and host plants: Unknown.
description: Published as part of Santos, Geane Brizzola dos & Rosado-Neto, Germano Henrique, 2024, A taxonomic review of the Neotropical weevil genus Bondarius (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), pp. 1-25 in Zoologia (e 23) (e 23) 41 on page 11, DOI: 10.1590/S1984-4689.v41.e23039, http://zenodo.org/record/14704388