New taxa of Laparocerus Schoenherr, 1834 from Madeira and Porto Santo, with a key to the species of the Madeiran Archipelago (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Entiminae)

Publication Type:Journal Article
:2008
Authors:A. Machado
Journal:Graellsia
Volume:64
Pagination:307-328
Date Published:2008
Type of Article:Article
:0367-5041
:Atlantis excelsus, Atlantis mendax, Laparocerus, Laparocerus (Atlantis), Laparocerus (Atlantis) hobbit, Laparocerus (Atlantis) madeirensis, Laparocerus (Atlantis) serrado, Laparocerus (Atlantodes), Laparocerus (Atlantodes) colasi, Laparocerus (Atlantodes) inconstans, Laparocerus (Atlantodes) instabilis, Laparocerus (Atlantodes) mendax, Laparocerus (Atlantodes) prainha, Laparocerus (Laparocerus), Laparocerus (Laparocerus) chaoensis, Laparocerus (Laparocerus) chaoensis cevadae, Laparocerus (Laparocerus) cryptus, Laparocerus (Pseudatlantis), Laparocerus (Pseudatlantis) abditus, Laparocerus (Pseudatlantis) excelsus, Laparocerus (Pseudatlantis) schaumii, Laparocerus (Pseudatlantis) silvaticus, Laparocerus (Pseudatlantis) stuebeni, Laparocerus (Wollastonius), Laparocerus (Wollastonius) aenescens, Laparocerus (Wollastonius) angustulus, Laparocerus (Wollastonius) ventrosus, Laparocerus abditus, Laparocerus aenescens, Laparocerus angustulus, Laparocerus colasi, Laparocerus excelsus, Laparocerus inconstans, Laparocerus instabilis, Laparocerus mendax, Laparocerus morio cevadae, Laparocerus schaumii, Laparocerus ventrosus ventrosus, Laparocerus waterhousei, Omias ventrosus
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As part of a monographic study of the weevil genus Laparocerus Schonherr, 1834, which is very diverse in Macaronesia, this paper proposes some changes to the systematics of the genus and describes a number of new taxa from the archipelago of Madeira. Combining the morphological data with the molecular data presented in a previous contribution, the subgenera Laparocerus and Atlantis are redefined and three new subgenera are described: Atlantodes n. subgen., Pseudatlantis n. subgen. and Wollastonius n. subgen. In addition, six new species from Madeira are described: L. madeirensis n. sp., L. hobbit n. sp., L. serrado n. sp., L. silvaticus n. sp., L. stuebeni n. sp. and L. prainha n. sp., as well as L. cryptus n. sp. from the Ponta de Sao Lourenco, Porto Santo and Deserta Grande. A key to all known Laparocerus from the archipelago of Madeira is provided.
Taxonomic name: 
Laparocerus (Alonso-Zarazaga & Lyal, 1999 (amended)), Laparocerus (Atlantis) hobbit (Alonso-Zarazaga & Lyal, 1999 (amended)), Laparocerus (Atlantis) madeirensis (Alonso-Zarazaga & Lyal, 1999 (amended)), Laparocerus (Atlantis) serrado (Alonso-Zarazaga & Lyal, 1999 (amended)), Laparocerus (Atlantodes) prainha (Alonso-Zarazaga & Lyal, 1999 (amended)), Laparocerus (Laparocerus) cryptus (Alonso-Zarazaga & Lyal, 1999 (amended)), Laparocerus (Pseudatlantis) silvaticus (Alonso-Zarazaga & Lyal, 1999 (amended)), Laparocerus (Pseudatlantis) stuebeni (Alonso-Zarazaga & Lyal, 1999 (amended)), Atlantis excelsus (Alonso-Zarazaga & Lyal, 1999 (amended)), Laparocerus (Pseudatlantis) excelsus (Alonso-Zarazaga & Lyal, 1999 (amended)), Atlantis mendax (Alonso-Zarazaga & Lyal, 1999 (amended)), Laparocerus (Atlantodes) mendax (Alonso-Zarazaga & Lyal, 1999 (amended)), Laparocerus (Atlantis) (Alonso-Zarazaga & Lyal, 1999 (amended)), Laparocerus (Atlantodes) (Alonso-Zarazaga & Lyal, 1999 (amended)), Laparocerus (Laparocerus) (Alonso-Zarazaga & Lyal, 1999 (amended)), Laparocerus (Laparocerus) chaoensis (Alonso-Zarazaga & Lyal, 1999 (amended)), Laparocerus (Laparocerus) chaoensis cevadae (Alonso-Zarazaga & Lyal, 1999 (amended)), Laparocerus (Pseudatlantis) (Alonso-Zarazaga & Lyal, 1999 (amended)), Laparocerus (Wollastonius) (Alonso-Zarazaga & Lyal, 1999 (amended)), Omias ventrosus (Alonso-Zarazaga & Lyal, 1999 (amended)), Laparocerus (Wollastonius) ventrosus (Alonso-Zarazaga & Lyal, 1999 (amended)), Laparocerus abditus (Alonso-Zarazaga & Lyal, 1999 (amended)), Laparocerus (Pseudatlantis) abditus (Alonso-Zarazaga & Lyal, 1999 (amended)), Laparocerus aenescens (Alonso-Zarazaga & Lyal, 1999 (amended)), Laparocerus (Wollastonius) aenescens (Alonso-Zarazaga & Lyal, 1999 (amended)), Laparocerus angustulus (Alonso-Zarazaga & Lyal, 1999 (amended)), Laparocerus (Wollastonius) angustulus (Alonso-Zarazaga & Lyal, 1999 (amended)), Laparocerus colasi (Alonso-Zarazaga & Lyal, 1999 (amended)), Laparocerus (Atlantodes) colasi (Alonso-Zarazaga & Lyal, 1999 (amended)), Laparocerus excelsus (Alonso-Zarazaga & Lyal, 1999 (amended)), Laparocerus inconstans (Alonso-Zarazaga & Lyal, 1999 (amended)), Laparocerus (Atlantodes) inconstans (Alonso-Zarazaga & Lyal, 1999 (amended)), Laparocerus instabilis (Alonso-Zarazaga & Lyal, 1999 (amended)), Laparocerus (Atlantodes) instabilis (Alonso-Zarazaga & Lyal, 1999 (amended)), Laparocerus mendax (Alonso-Zarazaga & Lyal, 1999 (amended)), Laparocerus morio cevadae (Alonso-Zarazaga & Lyal, 1999 (amended)), Laparocerus schaumii (Alonso-Zarazaga & Lyal, 1999 (amended)), Laparocerus (Pseudatlantis) schaumii (Alonso-Zarazaga & Lyal, 1999 (amended)), Laparocerus ventrosus ventrosus (Alonso-Zarazaga & Lyal, 1999 (amended)), Laparocerus waterhousei (Alonso-Zarazaga & Lyal, 1999 (amended))
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