Otiorhynchus Germar 1822
Creators: name: Gosik, Rafał
name: Sprick, Peter
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Curculionidae
Otiorhynchus

description: Key to the pupae of selected species of the genus Otiorhynchus GERMAR, 1822
(updated from Gosik & Sprick (2012))
Based on descriptions of: O. ovatus, O. rotundus, O. rugosostriatus (Scherf 1964); O. armadillo, O. aurifer, O. crataegi, O. meridionalis, O. porcatus, O. salicicola, O. sulcatus (Gosik & Sprick 2012); O. dieckmanni and O. tenebricosus form lugdunensis (present paper).
Included in this key are all available, sufficient descriptions (and/or detailed illustrations) of genera present in the Western Palaearctic region.
1. Apical setae (as1 and as2) almost of equal length............................................................. 2
- Apical seta (as1) more than 3 times shorter than as2 or absent................................................... 8
2. Rostrum, mouthparts and abdomen without setae............................ O. (Pocodalemes) crataegi Germar, 1824
- Setae on rostrum and abdomen well visible................................................................. 3
3. Rostrum with 2 pairs of setae............................................. O. (Pendragon) ovatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Rostrum with 3 pairs of setae............................................................................ 4
4. Os1 3 times shorter than vs or absent, body length (usually) over 9 mm .......... O. (Dorymerus) sulcatus (Fabricius, 1775)
- Orbital setae (os1) almost as big as vertical setae (vs), body length (usually) under 9 mm ............................. 5
5. Sos absent....................................................... O. (Zustalestus) rugosostriatus (Goeze, 1777)
- Superorbital setae (sos) present........................................................................... 6
6. Pls absent............................................................. O. (Proremus) rotundus Marseul, 1872
- Posterolateral setae (pls) present..........................................................................7
7. Body length under 5 mm. Head and rostrum with 2 pairs: pas1-2 and os1-2; pronotal setae different in shape and length............................................................................ O. (Lolatismus) porcatus (Herbst, 1795)
- Body length over 6 mm. Head and rostrum with a pair of pas1 and os1; all pronotal setae with curved apical parts, almost equal in length (Fig. 40)................................................ O. (Arammichnus) dieckmanni Magnano, 1979
8. Pseudocerci strongly curved out......................................... O. (Otiorhynchus) aurifer Boheman, 1843
- Pseudocerci curved inward............................................................................... 9
9. Ab. VII and VIII with 5 pairs of dorsal setae, almost equal in length, distributed along the posterior margin.............. 10
- Ab. VII and VIII with 6 pairs of dorsal setae, almost equal in length, distributed along the posterior margin............. 11
10. Macrosetae of head, rostrum and pronotum with curved apical parts; dorsal setae on abdominal segments I–VI very short, spine-like......................................................... .. O. (Otiorhynchus) salicicola Heyden, 1908
- Macrosetae of head, rostrum and pronotum straight (without curved apical parts); dorsal setae on abdominal segments I–VI elongate (Figs 35–37)................... O. (Otiorhynchus) tenebricosus (Herbst, 1784) form lugdunensis Boheman, 1843
11. Ocelli oval.......................................................... O. (Otiorhynchus) armadillo (Rossi, 1792)
- Ocelli narrow, reniform........................................... O. (Otiorhynchus) meridionalis Gyllenhal, 1834
description: Published as part of Gosik, Rafał & Sprick, Peter, 2013, Morphology and identification of the pupae of several species of soil-dwelling broad-nosed weevils from Central Europe (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Entiminae), pp. 445-472 in Zootaxa 3731 (4) on page 469, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3731.4.2, http://zenodo.org/record/247879