Archellerenius Wanat 2013
Creators: name: Wanat, Marek
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Brentidae
Archellerenius

description: Key to species of Archellerenius and Hellerenius
1. Body length up to 3.0 mm. Rostrum in both sexes at most 1.30× as long as pronotum, less than 4.5× as long as broad. Elytra polished. Last abdominal ventrite simple, gently convex. Penis evidently asymmetrical (Fig. 34). Ovipositor broadly triangular (Fig. 32). Genus Archellerenius gen. nov. .................................................... A. giustoi sp. nov.
-. Body larger, 3.4–6.5 mm. Rostrum in male at least 1.35×, in female 1.8× as long as pronotum, its length/width ratio at least 5.0 in male, 6.5 in female. Elytra weakly shiny to completely matt. Last abdominal ventrite with outstanding modifications. Penis symmetrical. Ovipositor narrow, parallel-sided. Genus Hellerenius Wanat. ....................................... 2
2. Body length over 6.0 mm. Elytra dull black, with shagreened and completely matt intervals well contrasting with shiny and shallow striae. Rostrum in male over 1.7×, in female over 2.6× as long as pronotum................ H. monteithi sp. nov.
-. Body length less than 5.0 mm. Elytra with variably colored metallic tinge. Rostrum in male at most 1.6×, in female less than 2.2× as long as pronotum............................................................................... 3
3 Body length 4.0– 4.6 mm. Elytra bluish, highly convex, somewhat angulate on top in profile (Fig. 47); intervals with irregular transverse furrows or wrinkles. Last abdominal ventrite with paired raised lobes bordering median depression (Figs 54, 55), much higher and setose in male. Penis subtruncate (Fig. 39)....................................... H. lobifer Wanat
-. Body length 3.4–3.9 mm. Elytra with evident bronze tinge, not much extended apically, in profile more roundly convex (Figs 94, 123); intervals evenly flattened. Last abdominal ventrite convex in both sexes. Penis pointed (Figs 118, 148)..........4
4. Hind tibiae sinuate, compressed and twisted apically (Figs 132–134). Coxae, trochanters and femora asetose. Male: underside of rostrum bare; all tibiae mucronate; last abdominal ventrite with large, rectangular protuberance (Fig.138); penis (excluding apodemes) more than 5× as long as broad (Fig. 148); tegminal parameroid lobes with dense tuft of long and numerous setae (Fig. 145). Female: last abdominal ventrite with triangular elevation.............................. H. tibialis sp. nov.
-. All tibiae straight, unmodified (Figs 106–108). Underside of coxae, trochanters and bases of femora with dense protruding setae, forming distinct fringe in male. Male: underside of rostrum protrudingly pilose; all tibiae unarmed; last abdominal ventrite roundly convex, with densely setose depression (Fig. 109); penis (excluding apodemes) less than 3× as long as broad (Fig.118); parameroid lobes with few inconspicuous setae (Fig. 117). Female: last abdominal ventrite regularly convex......................................................................................... H. plumipes sp. nov.
description: Published as part of Wanat, Marek, 2013, The Apionidae (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea) of New Caledonia. Genera Archellerenius gen. nov. and Hellerenius Wanat, pp. 515-542 in Zootaxa 3717 (4) on page 541, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3717.4.5, http://zenodo.org/record/249082