Indian Journal of Entomology
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  • Year: 2020
  • Volume: 82
  • Issue: 2

Redescription of three species of the genus Alcidodes marshall (coleoptera: Curculionidae: Molytinae)

1Department of Molecular and Cellular Engineering, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture

2Division of Germplasm Collection and Characterization, ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources, Bangalore, 560024

All India Coordinated Project on Taxonomy (AICOPTAX-Coleoptera), Division of Entomology, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, 110012

*Email: tarunbiotech246@gmail.com (corresponding author)

Online published on 21 July, 2020.

Abstract

The molytinae weevil genus Alcidodes Marshall, 1939 from the Indian subcontinent is reviewed. The three known species: A. fabricii Fabricius, 1792 and A. mysticus Faust, 1894 and A. porrectirostris Marshall, 1913 are redescribed. A key to the species is also provided. All the salient taxonomic characters including the genitalia are illustrated, which will be additions to the taxonomic knowledge of this genus.

Keywords

Molytinae, Alcidodes, fabricii, mysticus, porrectirostris, redescriptions, key to species, illustrations