Apotomoderes
Creators: name: Franz, Nico
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Curculionidae
Apotomoderes

description: Key to the species of <i>Apotomoderes</i> 1. Length 4.32–6.28 mm; profemur unarmed (Fig. 7C); protibia lacking a ridge-like projection; aedeagus with rami along ostium curved outward (Fig. 8A); sternum VIII (female) slightly incised at posterior end of lamina (Fig. 8B)............................................................ <b> <i>A. anodontos</i> Franz, sp. n.</b> 1' Length 5.40–11.88 mm; profemur armed with a large, knife-like tooth (e.g. Fig. 2B); protibia with a ridge-like, toothed projection along anteromesal margin (e.g. Fig. 2B); aedeagus with rami along ostium curved inward (e.g. Fig. 12A); sternum VIII (female) with lamina posteriorly not incised......... <b>2</b> 2(1') Pronotum only slightly globular in males (Fig. 9C); pronotum with larger, subfoveate punctures in posterior half (Fig. 9C); elytral punctures without an iridescent metallic scale; elytra with a patch of suberect scales near mesal anterior end of declivity in females (Fig. 9D).... <b> <i>A. menocrater</i> Franz, sp. n.</b> 2' Pronotum strongly globular in males (e.g. Fig. 13A); pronotum without larger punctures; elytral punctures with an iridescent metallic scale (e.g. Fig. 13A); elytral punctures typically with an iridescent metallic scale; elytra without suberect scales near mesal anterior end of declivity in females.................... <b>3</b> 3(2') Protibial projection rounded near basal 2/5 (Fig. 11B); elytra with regularly appearing, creamy white scale stripes along striae (Fig. 11A)............................................................................................... <b> <i>A. sotomayorae</i> Franz, sp. n.</b> 3' Protibial projection triangular near basal 2/5, particularly so in large males (e.g. Fig. 13C); elytra variously covered with scales though without pronounced creamy white stripes.................................................................... <b>4</b> 4(3') Length 6.68–8.20 mm; aedeagus apically (widely) rounded, internal sac without apparent rami (Fig. 5D); lamina of sternum VIII (female) longer than wide (Fig. 6A) and spermatheca with ramus moderately long, tubular (Fig. 6C)................................................................. <b> <i>A. lateralis</i> (Gyllenhal)</b> 4' Length 7.58–10.70 mm; aedeagus apically (very) narrowly rounded, internal sac with apparent rami (Figs. 15A, 17A); lamina of sternum VIII (female) nearly as wide as long (Figs. 15B, 17B) and spermatheca with ramus very short (Figs. 15C, 17C)............................................................................... <b>5</b> 5(4') Aedeagus with apex narrowly rounded though not pointed, in lateral view apex with a small, knob-like, minimally deflexed projection (Fig. 15A); spermatheca with cornu abruptly angled at basal one third, thereafter slightly curved and a straight, slightly deflected tip (Fig. 15C)............................................................................................................ <b> <i>A. chariedris</i> Franz, sp. n.</b> 5' Aedeagus with apex very narrowly rounded, point-like, in lateral view with a small, lobe-like projection is neither expanded nor reclined (Fig. 17A); spermatheca with cornu strongly curved at basal 2/5, thereafter more gradually curved towards end (Fig. 17C).......................... <b> <i>A. hadroprion</i> Franz, sp. n.</b>
description: Published as part of <i>Franz, Nico, 2010, Revision and phylogeny of the Caribbean weevil genus Apotomoderes Dejean, 1834 (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Entiminae), pp. 33-75 in ZooKeys 49 (49)</i> on pages 65-66, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.49.303, http://zenodo.org/record/576676