Redescription of three species of the genus Alcidodes marshall (coleoptera: Curculionidae: Molytinae) Kumar Tarun*, Guru Gurudayal Ram1, Sreedevi Kolla2 All India Coordinated Project on Taxonomy (AICOPTAX-Coleoptera), Division of Entomology, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, 110012 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 *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. Top Keywords Molytinae, Alcidodes, fabricii, mysticus, porrectirostris, redescriptions, key to species, illustrations. Top |