Description of a new ventrite-femoral stridulatory system in the subtribe Hylobiina (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Molytinae: Molytini)
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Stridulation is the most common method of sound production in Coleoptera, with approximately 17 types recognized across more than 30 families. In this study, two types of ventrite-femoral stridulatory systems are identified and described within the subtribe Hylobiina, distinct from those known in Coleoptera and other Curculionidae. System type 1 is associated with the genus Heilus Kuschel 1955, while system type 2 is found in a group of species within the genus Heilipodus Kuschel 1955. The species Heilus spinipennis comb. nov., is transferred from Heilipodus to present system type 1. Finally, the differences in the ventrite-femoral stridulatory system known for various taxa of Curculionidae are discussed.
Source: Zootaxa
Institution: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Language: English
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W4407960406