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18 June 2015 Two New Species of Metallic Green Pandeleteius Schönherr, 1834 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae: Tanymecini) from the West Indies
Robert S. Anderson, Michael A. Ivie
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Abstract

Two metallic green species of Pandeleteius Schönherr, 1834, Pandeleteius anneae Anderson and Ivie, new species (type locality: US Virgin Islands, St. Thomas) and Pandeleteius metallicus Anderson and Ivie, new species (type locality: Dominican Republic, Puerto Plata), are described. The two new species are easily distinguishable from other West Indian species in the genus by the metallic green scales, a deeper and more v-shaped epistomal ridge, and less strongly deflexed scrobes. The species are very similar and separable with confidence only on the basis of distribution, body size, and structure of female genitalia (male not known for P. anneae).

Robert S. Anderson and Michael A. Ivie "Two New Species of Metallic Green Pandeleteius Schönherr, 1834 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae: Tanymecini) from the West Indies," The Coleopterists Bulletin 69(2), 319-323, (18 June 2015). https://doi.org/10.1649/0010-065X-69.2.319
Received: 9 May 2014; Accepted: 1 February 2015; Published: 18 June 2015
KEYWORDS
biodiversity
Endemism
islands
species discovery
weevils
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