Bondariella
Creators: name: Valente, Roberta De Melo
name: Júnior, Mariano Brandão Cordeiro
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Curculionidae
Bondariella

description: Key to species of Bondariella
1 Rostrum (male) curved, (female) strongly curved and long (0.8–0.9 times as long as pronotum) (Figs. 1, 2 A); ventrite V transversally oblong, 3.1–3.6 times wider than long (Figs. 4 B, 5B, 6B, 7B); sutural interval of the elytra with one or two rows
of scales; endophallus membranous (Figs. 4 F, 5F, 6F,7F); sternum VIII bearing six posteroventral setae (Figs. 4 C, 5C, 6C,7C); tegmen with dorsal parameroid lobes free medially on base (Figs. 4 E, 5E, 6E, 7E).................................. 2 - Rostrum (male) almost straight, (female) straight and short (0.5–0.6 times as long as pronotum) (Figs. 2 B–C, 3A–B); ventrite V trapezoidal, 2.5–2.6 times wider than long (Figs. 8 B, 9B); sutural interval of the elytra with only one row of scales; endophallus sclerotized (Figs. 8 F, 9F); sternum VIII glabrous (Figs. 8 C, 9C); tegmen with dorsal parameroid lobes connected medially on base (Figs. 8 E, 9E).......................................................................... 5
2 Sutural interval of the elytra with only one row of scales; integument reddish black with antennae, legs and female rostrum reddish brown (Fig. 1 A); pronotal disc with small punctures, distantly spaced by 1.3 times their own diameter; body covered dorsally by elongate whitish scales (Fig. 1 A).................................... Bondariella ruschiana Bondar, 1942
- Sutural interval of the elytra with two rows of scales; integument evenly light reddish brown throughout (Fig. 1 B) or dark reddish brown with thorax and head reddish black (Fig. 2 A) or reddish black but generally variously lighter on elytra besides antennae, legs and female rostrum (Fig. 1 C); pronotal disc with large punctures, closely spaced by 0.3–0.5 times their own diameter; body covered dorsally by spatulate (yellowish or whitish) scales (Figs. 1 B–C, 2A)........................ 3
3 Integument evenly light reddish brown throughout (Fig. 1 B), generally darker on punctures of elytral striae; body covered by large yellowish spatulate scales (Fig. 1 B); interprocoxal distance (1.2–1.3 times) larger than procoxal diameter; metatibae on dorsal face strongly sinuous, in male bearing a comb of long setae on distal ½........... Bondariella torresi Bondar, 1942
- Integument variegate, dark reddish brown with thorax and head reddish black (Fig. 2 A) or reddish black with antennae, legs, female rostrum and (variously) elytra reddish brown (Fig. 1 C); body covered by large yellowish or narrow whitish spatulate scales; interprocoxal distance (0.9 times) shorter than procoxal diameter; tibae straight, lacking comb of setae............ 4
4 Integument reddish black but evidently reddish brown (lighter) on antennae, legs and female rostrum (Fig. 1 C); elytra completely or variously reddish black, darker at least on sutural interval and on base of remaining intervals; body covered by narrow whitish spatulate scales, becoming distantly spaced and smaller dorsally; integument very apparent between scales (Fig. 1 C); endophallus with bags of spinules (Fig. 6 F); sternum VIII trapezoidal (Fig. 6 C)................................................................................................... Bondariella mucugeana Bondar, 1949
- Integument dark reddish brown but reddish black on thorax, head and male rostrum (Fig. 2 A); elytra generally darker on sutural interval and sometimes with a discrete darker oval spot on basal 1/4 of intervals I–IV (Fig. 2 A); body covered by large yellowish spatulate scales, virtuous uniform throughout; integument almost not apparent between scales; endophallus lacking bags of spinules (Fig. 7 F); sternum VIII semicircular (Fig. 7 C)........................ Bondariella mimica Bondar, 1942
5 Pronotal disc with punctures more distantly spaced (distant by 0.7 times their own diameter) and with scales becoming smaller toward the disc (Fig. 2 B); ventrite V (male) flat, not concave medially, lacking distal tufts of scales (Fig. 8 B); median lobe ovate in shape, with strongly acute apex, endophallus weakly sclerotized (Fig. 8 F); spiculum gastrale with furcal arms abruptly clavate at apex (Fig. 8 D)......................................................... Bondariella rudicula sp. nov.
- Pronotal disc with punctures closer spaced (distant by 0.4 times their own diameter), with scales subequal in length throughout (Fig. 2 C); ventrite V (male) concave medially, lateral margin of the concavity with distal tuft of slightly longer scales (Fig. 9 B); median lobe with sides strongly sinuous and dorsally widened, endophallus very strongly sclerotized (Fig. 9 F); spiculum gastrale with furcal arms short and evenly widened, not clavate (Fig. 9 D)................... Bondariella crenata sp. nov.
description: Published as part of Valente, Roberta De Melo & Júnior, Mariano Brandão Cordeiro, 2015, Revision of Bondariella Hustache & Bondar (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), with descriptions of the first species from the Amazon and notes on natural history, pp. 201-227 in Zootaxa 4018 (2) on pages 216-217, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4018.2.3, http://zenodo.org/record/243295