A new species of the genus Notaris Gernar, 1817 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) from Kazakhstan

Ecologica Montenegrina, 49, 2021, 59-63 http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:8B4C4FB9-2720-4667-86D4-9C4AF1B6483A A new species of the genus Notaris Gernar, 1817 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) from Kazakhstan ANDREI A. LEGALOV1,2,3* 1 Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals, SB RAS, Frunze Street 11, Novosibirsk, 630091, Russia. 2 Altai State University, Lenina 61, Barnaul, 656049, Russia. 3 Tomsk State University, Lenina Prospekt 36, 634050 Tomsk, Russia * Corresponding author. E-mail: [email protected] Received 14 December 2021 │ Accepted by V. Pešić: 22 December 2021 │ Published online 23 December 2021. Abstract A new species, Notaris (Asionotaris) temreshevi Legalov, sp. nov. from Trans-Ili Alatau (Kazakhstan) is described and illustrated. The new species is similar to N. (A.) imprudens Faust, 1885 from Kyrgyzstan but differs from it in the smaller body sizes, the pronotum punctate by large points, densely punctate elytral interstriae with long setae, and the apex of the aedeagus weakly extended forward. A distribution map for N. (A.) temreshevi Legalov, sp. nov. and N. (A.) imprudens is given. Key words: Biodiversity, Curculionoidea, Erirhininae, Erirhinina, Asionotaris, new species, Kazakhstan. Introduction The subgenus Asionotaris Legalov, 2021 of the genus Notaris Germar, 1817 includes eight mountain species, N. (A.) altaica Legalov, 1997 is distributed in Kuznetsk Alatau and Russian and Kazakh Altai, N. (A.) eversmanni Faust, 1882 – in the Russia Far East, several species, N. (A.) discreta Faust, 1882, N. (A.) distans Faust, 1890, N. (A.) nivalis Faust, 1882, N. (A.) oberti Faust, 1885, N. (A.) imprudens Faust, 1885, and a new species – in the mountains of Middle Asia and Kazakhstan, and one non-mountainous European species N. (A.) maerkeli (Boheman, 1843) (Faust 1885; Zumpt 1929; Grebennikov and Kolov 2016; AlonsoZarazaga et al. 2017; Legalov 2021). In this paper, the new species of the subgenus Asionotaris from the genus Notaris close to the species from Kyrgyzstan is described and illustrated. Ecologica Montenegrina 49: 59-63 (2021) This journal is available online at: www.biotaxa.org/em https://dx.doi.org/10.37828/em.2021.49.5 NEW SPECIES OF THE GENUS NOTARIS FROM KAZAKHSTAN 60 Material and methods Type specimens are kept in the ISEA – Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals (Russia: Novosibirsk). Descriptions, photographs and body measuring of the new species were performed using a Zeiss Stemi 2000-C dissecting stereomicroscope. The terminology of weevil body is according to Lawrence et al. (2010). The systematics of studied taxa are based on Alonso-Zarazaga et al. (2017) and Legalov (2020, 2021). Systematics Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Erirhininae: Erirhinini: Erirhinina Genus: Notaris Germar, 1817 Subgenus: Asionotaris Legalov, 2021 Species: Notaris (Asionotaris) temreshevi Legalov, sp. nov. (Fig. 1) http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:28F4FF59-A2B0-4F5C-BD6A-75DA940A4341 Type material: Holotype, male (ISEA), KAZAKHSTAN, Almaty Region, Trans-Ili Alatau, Big Almaty gorge, Ile-Alatau National Park, 3331 m, 6.VII.2015, I. Temreshev leg. Paratype, female (ISEA), idem. Description. Male: Body brown, covered with sparse setae. Antennae, tibiae and tarsi yellowish-brown. Rostrum long, distinctly curved, finely punctate, 4.6-5.1 times as long as wide at apex, 5.7-5.8 times as long as wide in middle, 4.6 times as long as wide at base, about 1.1 times as short as pronotum. Forehead about 1.2 times as wide as rostrum base width, flat, punctate. Eyes large, transversely oval, not protruding from contour of head. Temples short. Antennae inserted in apical one-third. Antennae long. Scapus long, about 6.6 times as long as wide, not reaching eyes. Antennomere 2 long-conical, about 2.7 times as long as wide, about 0.3 times as long as and about 0.6 times as narrow as antennomere 1. Antennomeres 3-5 conical. Antennomere 3 about 1.4 times as long as wide, 0.5 times as long as and equal in width to antennomere 2. Antennomeres 4 and 5 subequal in length. Antennomeres 4-6 subequal in width. Antennomere 4 equal in length and width, about 0.8 times as long as and about 1.1 times as wide as antennomere 3. Antennomeres 68 rounded. Antennomere 6 about 0.9 times as long as wide, about 0.9 times as long as antennomere 5. Antennomere 7 about 0.8 times as long as wide, about 1.1 times as long as and about 1.3 times as wide as antennomere 6. Antennomere 8 about 0.8 times as long as wide, 1.2 times as long as and about 1.3 times as wide as antennomere 7. Club compact, about 1.8 times as long as wide. Pronotum companiform, 1.4-1.5 times as long as wide at apex, about 0.9 times as long as wide in middle, slightly shorter than wide at base. Greatest width in middle. Disk densely punctate by large points. Scutellum small, trapezoidal. Elytra suboval, 1.5-1.7 times as long as wide at base, about 1.3 times as long as wide in middle, 2.2-2.7 times as long as wide at apex, 2.1-2.4 times as long as pronotum. Humeri smoothed. Greatest width in middle. Interstriae wide, 1.7-3.0 times as wide as striae width, flat, densely punctate. Striae quite deep, with elongated points. Procoxal cavities rounded and contiguous. Precoxal portion of prosternum 1.6 times as long as postcoxal portion and about 0.6 times as long as length of procoxal cavity. Mesocoxal cavities narrowly separated. Metaventrite densely punctuate, 1.5 times as long as length of metacoxal cavity. Metanepisterna narrow, 9.6 times as long as wide in middle, punctate. Abdomen weakly convex. Abdominal ventrites 1 and 2 quite fused, with slight depression in middle. Ventrite 1 about 1.8 times as long as metacoxal cavity. Ventrite 2 slightly shorter than ventrite 1. Ventrites 3 and 4 quite short, equal in length. Ventrite 3 about 0.5 times as long as ventrite 2. Ventrite 5 about 2.3 times as long as ventrite 4. Pygidium covered by elytra. Legs long. Femora widened. Tibiae weakly biconcave, uncinate. Tarsi long. Tarsomeres 1-3 with weak pulvilli on lower surface. Tarsomere 1 conical. Tarsomere 2 wide-conical, wider and shorter than tarsomere 1. Tarsomere 3 wide bilobed. Tarsmomere 4 short. Tarsomere 5 elongated. Claws long and free. Length of body: 3.1 mm. Length of rostrum: 1.0-1.1 mm. Differential diagnosis. The new species is similar to N. (A.) imprudens Faust, 1885 from Kyrgyzstan (fig. 2) but differs from it in the smaller body sizes, the pronotum punctate by large points, densely punctate elytral interstriae with long setae, and the apex of the aedeagus weakly extended forward. LEGALOV Ecologica Montenegrina, 49, 2021, 59-63 61 Figure 1. Notaris (Asionotaris) temreshevi sp. nov., holotype, male: a – body, dorsal view; b – aedeagus, dorsal view; c – tegmen, dorsal view; d – body, lateral view. Scale bar for a, d = 1.0 mm, for b-c = 0.5 mm. Etymology. The species is named in honor of Dr. Izbasar Temreshev (Kazakhstan, Almaty). Localisation. Trans-Ili Alatau (fig. 2). NEW SPECIES OF THE GENUS NOTARIS FROM KAZAKHSTAN 62 Figure 2. Distribution of Notaris (Asionotaris) spp.: octagon – N. temreshevi sp. nov., star – N. imprudens. Acknowledgements The author thanks O. Jaeger and K.-D. 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