Aphanerostethus vannideki Voss 1957
Creators: name: Lewis, Jake H.
name: Kojima, Hiroaki
name: Suenaga, Miyuki
name: Petsopoulos, Dimitrios
name: Fujisawa, Yusuke
name: Truong, Xuan Lam
name: Warren, Dan L.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Curculionidae
Aphanerostethus
Aphanerostethus vannideki

description: Aphanerostethus vannideki Voss, 1957
Figs 9 A – D, 15 U, V, 21 C, D
Type material examined.
Neotype (designated here): Indonesia: West Java: • Depok, 18. XII. 1948, C. Van Nidek, (1, RMNH), ZMAN type COLE. 1673.1, JHLHY_DAR_191, bears red label reading “ PARATYPUS ” as well as new, red neotype label. Paratypes: Indonesia: West Java: • Depok, 29. II. 1948, C. Van Nidek, (1, ZMH), ZMH 841850, bears red label reading “ PARATYPUS ”; • Depok, 12. IX. 1948, C. Van Nidek, (1, ZMH), ZMH 841852, bears original red label reading “ PARATYPUS ”.
Notable historical material examined.
Indonesia: West Java: • Depok, 31. VII. 1948, C. Van Nidek, (1, ZMH), ZMH 841853, bears red label reading “ PARATYPUS ”; • Depok, 12. I. 1949, C. Van Nidek, (1, ZMH), ZMH 841851, bears red label reading “ PARATYPUS ”.
Non-type material examined.
Indonesia: West Java: • Depok, X – XII. 1949, C. Van Nidek, (5, RMNH), ZMA.INS.5117697 – ZMA.INS.5117700; Malaysia: • Santubon, Kuching, Sarawak, 8. V. 1997, T. Takano, (1, KUM), JHLHY_DAR_001; • Sepilok, Sandakan, Sabah, 23. VII – 4. VIII. 1981, K. Morimoto, (1, KUM), JHLHY_DAR_082; • Sabah, 10.5 miles from Keningau, 6–10. III. 1993, H. Kojima, (1, KUM), JHLHY_DAR_081.
Diagnosis.
Body length 2.1–2.4 mm. Cuticle covered in dark to pale brown scales, with dark, V-shaped band across anterior part of elytra. Funicle with six articles. Prosternal cavity prominent and with steep lateral ridges. Procoxae separated, and bordered posteriorly by two large projections which receive the rostrum in repose. Femora with prominent ventral teeth. Metaventrite with a distinct elevated transverse ridge separating the meta- and mesocoxae. Metatibial uncus simple in both sexes. Aedeagus tapering at apex, and abruptly curved ventrally at apex in lateral view (Fig. 15 U, V).
Distribution.
This species is known from Indonesia (West Java) and Malaysia (Sabah, Sarawak).
Comments.
Voss (1957) mentions four type specimens in his original description, three of which (ZMH 841852, ZMH 841850, ZMAN type COLE. 1673.1) were examined here, as the collection dates / locality / collector data matches the specimens listed in Voss’s description. These three specimens bear red labels reading “ PARATYPUS ”, suggesting that there is also a holotype; however, no holotype is mentioned in Voss’s paper and we could not locate the holotype. Two additional specimens in the ZMH collection (ZMH 841853, ZMH 841851) with identical locality and collector data (Depok, C. Van Nidek) bear the same red paratype labels, but have the collection dates “ 31-7 - 48 ” and “ 12-1 - 49 ” which do not appear in Voss’s original description. As no holotype was clearly designated, and as we were unable to locate any holotype, we hereby fix the identity of A. vannideki by designating one of Voss’s date-verified paratypes (ZMAN type COLE. 1673.1, JHLHY _DAR_191) as a neotype for this species.
description: Published as part of Lewis, Jake H., Kojima, Hiroaki, Suenaga, Miyuki, Petsopoulos, Dimitrios, Fujisawa, Yusuke, Truong, Xuan Lam & Warren, Dan L., 2024, The era of cybertaxonomy: X-ray microtomography reveals cryptic diversity and concealed cuticular sculpture in Aphanerostethus Voss, 1957 (Coleoptera, Curculionidae), pp. 1-45 in ZooKeys 1217 on pages 1-45, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1217.126626