The Indo-Australian weevil genus Platytenes Pascoe, 1870 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Cryptorhynchinae)

Publication Type:Journal Article
:2009
Authors:G. P. Setliff, Larson P. A.
Journal:Insecta Mundi
Start Page:1
Pagination:1-14
Date Published:30-VI-2009
:Cryptorhynchinae, Platytenes, Platytenes occultus, Platytenes varius
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The formerly monotypic weevil genus Platytenes Pascoe (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Cryptorhynchinae:Cryptorhynchini: Cryptorhynchina) as treated here, includes two commonly encountered and broadly distributedspecies in the eastern Indo-Australian region. Label data indicate that both species are associated with semicultivatedbetel palm (Areca catechu L., Arecaceae) and human mediated dispersal is suggested to have influencedtheir present-day distribution. Herein, we provide a diagnosis for Platytenes and redescribe its type species, P.varius Pascoe. We also describe P. occultus Setliff and Larson, a new species from the Solomon Islands. New hostand locality records are provided, including the first records of the genus occurring on Ambon Island, the BismarckArchipelago, D’Entrecasteaux Islands, and many previously unreported localities on New Guinea. A full bibliography,key to species, and distribution map for the genus are also provided.

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