Bondarius pectoralis ( Suffrian, 1872 )

Bondarius pectoralis ( Suffrian, 1872)

Figs 92–101 View Figures 92–101

Sternuchus pectoralis Suffrian, 1872: 156 (description).

Sternuchus pecoralis [sic]; Gundlach, 1891: 296 (redescription).

Sternechus pectoralis View in CoL ; Dalla Torre et al., 1932: 97 (catalog); Blackwelder, 1947: 824 (catalog); O’Brien & Wibmer, 1982: 85 (catalog).

Bondarius pectoralis ; Rosado-Neto, 2006 (new combination, systematics).

Redescription. Integument reddishblack, covered with moderately short, thick, more or less dense setae ( Figs 92–94 View Figures 92–101 ). Rostrum long, cylindrical, 3.5 times longer than its basal width; punctation shallow, dense to sparse, slightly wrinkled laterally ( Figs 92, 93 View Figures 92–101 ). Scrobes shallow, not visible dorsally, ventrally separated by an obsolete longitudinal carina. Eyes rounded ventrally, anterior margin oblique; interocular space 0.6 times the apical width of scape. Antennae with scape as long as funicle. Mouthparts: mandibles bi-toothed, with teeth rounded ( Fig. 95 View Figures 92–101 ). Prothorax wider on central and posterior portions, sides parallel on basal ½, converging toward anterior margin; punctation thin to thin and dense; lateral tubercles weakly developed ( Fig. 94 View Figures 92–101 ). Elytra 1.4 times longer than their humeral width; striae with moderately deep punctation, regular, progressively shallower toward the apex; interstriae convex ( Figs 92, 93 View Figures 92–101 ). Legs: punctation shallow and dense. Hind femora with truncated submedian teeth, covered with rust yellow scales, elongate and thick; forefemora unarmed. Foretibiae covered with dense whitish scales, elongate and thick; median tooth weakly developed. Male genitalia: median lobe longer than basal apodemes, curved in lateral view; dorsally convex; apex acuminate and directed posteriorly ( Figs 96, 97 View Figures 92–101 ). Tegmen with dorsal lobes as long as ventral lobe ( Fig. 98 View Figures 92–101 ). Spiculum gastrale moderately wide, curved at apex. Female: abdominal tergite 8 trapezoidal, apical margin smooth; with a moderate number of short setae, dorsally with setae and sparse punctation ( Fig. 99 View Figures 92–101 ). Abdominal sternite 8 elongate, with spicula longer than apical lobes; straight and sclerotized; apical lobes with inner margin slightly sinuous, apical setae sparse ( Fig. 100 View Figures 92–101 ). Coxites cylindrical, broad without setae. Styles cylindrical, distinct, apex covered with short and dense setae. Bursa copulatrix membranous, without sclerites. Spermatheca curved; ramus subequal to collum. Spermathecal duct as long as bursa copulatrix, introduced into the bursa copulatrix base ( Fig. 101 View Figures 92–101 ).

Sexual dimorphism. Females with rostrum 1.2 times longer than males; punctation shallow and sparse.

Dimensions. Males/Females, respectively: BL: 7.42/7.09; RL: 2.25/2.08; RW: 0.58/0.67; PL: 1.67; PW: 3.08; EL: 5.75/5.42; EW: 4.17; IO: 0.25; WE: 0.42; LE: 1.0; LF: 1.0.

Type material examined. Holotype ♂, deposited in the ACCZ, with the following labels:“ TYPUS /n 1637/ Sternuchus pectoralis Suff. Cuba / Col. Gundlach ”; examined by Medaldo Lobaina through photographs and sent to Rosado-Neto by the L.F. Armas of the Academia de Ciências de Cuba, Instituto de Zoologia.

Material examined. CUBA, Cayamas, 1♀, 1♂, E.A. Schwarz col. ( USNM) .

Geographic distribution. Cuba.

Biology and host plants. Unknown.