Further study of Cylindridia Casey with descriptions of new species (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Baridinae).

Abstract

Further support is provided for the occurrence of Cylindridia Casey in the Neotropical realm. The South American Torcus sanguineus Hustache is transferred to Cylindridia (comb. n.). Cylindridia latisquama sp. n., a very similar species and originally included in the type series of T. sanguineus, is described from Argentina and Brazil. Cylindridia andersoni sp. n. is described from Guatemala and Mexico; the species develops inside the culm of Rhychospora sp. cf. macrochaeta (Cyperaceae). The family-group name Torcina Bondar, never satisfactorily distinguished from Limnobaridina Casey and being based on a misidentified type genus, is placed in synonymy with Zygobaridina Pierce (new synonymy).

Keywords

Weevils, sedges, Rhynchospora, taxonomy, Neotropics.

Nomenclatural Acts

andersoni Prena, 2012 (Cylindridia), spec. nov.
latisquama Prena, 2012 (Cylindridia), spec. nov.
sanguinea (Hustache, 1939) (Cylindridia), comb. nov. hitherto Torcus sanguineus Hustache, 1939