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Redescription of the forgotten New Caledonian weevil genus Callistomorphus Perroud, 1865 (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Eugnomini) with descriptions of …
2019
Callistomorphusis one of the “forgotten” genera of the tribe Eugnomini inhabiting rain forest in New Caledonia. In this paper, the genusCallistomorphusand the type speciesC.farinosusare redescribed. Eight new species,Callistomorphusfundatussp. n.,C.gibbussp. n.,C.malleussp. n.,C.minimussp. n.,C.rutaisp. n.,C.szoltysisp. n.,C.torosussp. n.andC.turbidussp. n., are described, originating from the main island of New Caledonia. Illustrations and SEM photographs of the external morphology and the male and female terminalia are provided, as well as dorsal habitus colour photographs of the adults, a key to the species, a distribution map, and a discussion of the systematic position ofCallistomorphu…