The elytro-tergal stridulatory apparatus of the genus Bondarius Rosado-Neto (Coleoptera, Curculionidae)

• Published in: Revista brasileira de entomologia Vol. 54; no. 2; pp. 337 - 338
• Main Authors: Rosado-Neto, G H, dos Santos, GB
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Portuguese
• Published: 01.06.2010
• Subjects: Coleoptera; Curculionidae
• ISSN: 0085-5626

The elytro-tergal stridulatory organ that occurs in Bondarius Rosado-Neto, 2006 a genus of the tribe Sternechini (Curculionidae, Molytinae) is described and illustrated. The stridulatory apparatus is present both in male and female and is composed by the file, a narrow elevated carina which is transversely multistriate located at the apical third of the internal side near the suture of left elytron, and by the plectrum, a narrow striate area located transversely at the dorso-apical margin of the abdominal tergite 7.Original Abstract: O aparelho estridulatorio do tipo elitro-tergal que ocorre em Bondarius Rosado-Neto, 2006 um genero da tribo Sternechini (Curculionidae, Molytinae) e descrito e ilustrado. O aparelho estridulatorio presents em machos e femeas e composto pelo file, uma carena multiestriada, estreita e elevada, localizada transversalmente no terco apical do elitro esquerdo, na margem interna, proximo a sutura elitral, e pelo plectrum, uma area estreita e estriada localizada transversalmente na margem dorso-apical do tergito abdominal 7.