Lewis Jake H, Kojima Hiroaki, Suenaga Miyuki, Petsopoulos Dimitrios, Fujisawa Yusuke, Truong Xuan Lam, Warren Dan L
Environmental Science and Informatics Section, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, 1919-1 Tancha, Onna-son, Kunigami-gun, Okinawa, 904-0495 Japan.
Department of Natural History, New Brunswick Museum, 277 Douglas Avenue, Saint John, New Brunswick, E2K 1E5, Canada.
Zookeys. 2024 Oct 29;1217:1-45. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1217.126626. eCollection 2024.
Weevils represent one of the most speciose and economically important animal clades, but remain poorly studied across much of the Oriental Region. Here, an integrative revision of the Oriental, flightless genus Voss, 1957 (Curculionidae: Molytinae) based on X-ray microtomography, multi-gene DNA barcoding (CO1, Cytb, 16S), and traditional morphological techniques (light microscopy, dissections) is presented. Twelve new species, namely, Lewis & Kojima, , Kojima & Lewis, , Lewis, , Lewis & Kojima, , Kojima, Lewis & Fujisawa, , Kojima & Lewis, , Lewis & Kojima, , Lewis & Kojima, , Kojima & Lewis, , Lewis & Kojima, , Lewis & Kojima, , and Lewis, Fujisawa & Kojima, are described from Japan, Taiwan, Vietnam, and Malaysia. A neotype is designated for Voss, 1957. The hitherto monotypic genus Morimoto & Miyakawa, 1985, is synonymized under based on new morphological data and (Morimoto & Miyakawa, 1985), is transferred accordingly. X-ray microtomography is successfully used to explore for stable interspecific differences in cuticular, internal and micro morphology. Remarkable species-specific sexual dimorphism in the metatibial uncus is described in seven of the newly described species and the evolution of this character is discussed.
象鼻虫是物种最为丰富且在经济上最为重要的动物类群之一,但在东洋区的大部分地区仍未得到充分研究。本文基于X射线显微断层扫描、多基因DNA条形码(CO1、Cytb、16S)以及传统形态学技术(光学显微镜、解剖),对东洋区不会飞的沃斯象属(Voss,1957)(象甲科:小蠹象亚科)进行了综合修订。从日本、台湾、越南和马来西亚描述了12个新物种,即刘易斯 & 小岛象、小岛 & 刘易斯象、刘易斯象、刘易斯 & 小岛象、小岛、刘易斯 & 藤泽象、小岛 & 刘易斯象、刘易斯 & 小岛象、刘易斯 & 小岛象、小岛 & 刘易斯象、刘易斯 & 小岛象、刘易斯 & 小岛象以及刘易斯、藤泽 & 小岛象。为沃斯象(Voss,1957)指定了新模式标本。基于新的形态学数据,1985年的森本 & 宫川象属(Morimoto & Miyakawa)(此前为单型属)被归为沃斯象属的同物异名,相应地,森本象(Morimoto & Miyakawa,1985)也进行了转移。X射线显微断层扫描成功用于探索表皮、内部和微观形态方面稳定的种间差异。在新描述的7个物种中描述了后胫节钩突显著的物种特异性两性异形,并对这一特征的进化进行了讨论。