01773nas a2200157   4500008004100000020001400041245014300055210006900198260000800267300001200275490000700287520114600294653002101440100002001461856013401481       2011                        eng d  a0010-065X00aMELATHRA HUYENAE FRANZ, A NEW GENUS AND NEW SPECIES OF ENTIMINE WEEVIL (COLEOPTERA: CURCULIONIDAE: ENTIMINAE) FROM SOUTHWESTERN HISPANIOLA0 aMELATHRA HUYENAE FRANZ A NEW GENUS AND NEW SPECIES OF ENTIMINE W  cDec  a352-3620 v653 aMelathra huyenae Franz, new genus and new species, is described to accommodate an enigmatic species of entimine weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae) from southwestern Hispaniola. The new genus is closely related to Apotomaderes Dejean and therefore placed in the tribe Geonemini Gistel, but is distinguished by the following unique suite of features: labial palps 2-segmented; post-epistomal region not depressed; scrobe passing over eye; profemur with a small cuticular tooth; metatibial apex simple; elytral humeri not well-defined; wings reduced; female sternum VIII elliptical; spermatheca with corpus swollen; and aedeagus with groups of setae present in dorsal subapical region, flagellum sclerotized, and with paired anterior, narrowly plicate sclerites. The single constituent species M. huyenae is characterized by a uniformly grey-silver to brown scale coverage which is most conspicuously interrupted by two anteromesally positioned rusty brown spots on the elytra. Melathra huyenae is apparently narrowly endemic to the coastal dry forest habitat of the Jaragua National Park. The host plant associations remain unknown.10aMelathra huyenae1 aFranz, Nico, M.  uhttps://weevil.myspecies.info/melathra-huyenae-franz-new-genus-and-new-species-entimine-weevil-coleoptera-curculionidae-entiminae