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Al land rus popu I i Pierce
Map 5
Allandrus populi Pierce, 1930:19 (holotype, Williams, Ariz.;
USNM) ; Valentine 1960 :7 7, 83 ; Valentin e I97 l:248.
Description. Length 2.2-4.0 mm (head excluded). Head and
pronotum dark brown to black, with mostly dark setae and sparse,
scattered, white setae. Frons convex, broad, deeply and densely
punctured. Rostrum without carinae, with sculpture as on frons, except
punctures smaller. Pronotum 1.2 times wider than long, widest at
lateral extension of basal carina; surface of disc even, convex before
antebasal carina, weakly impressed before middle, with dense,
reticulate punctures; antebasal carina strongly, sharply elevated,
weakly emarginate. Elytra about 1.4-1.5 times longer than wide,
reddish brown to black, with predominately dark setae, but with white
setae in scattered small patches or individually; basal quarter of elytra
with bar of white setae extending to scutellum; posterior third of elytra
with tranverse patch of white setae on each elytron; disc relatively even,
with very slight swellings just behind basal margin, weakly impressed
behind swellings; strial punctures moderate in size, weakly impressed;
interstriae flat, densely and minutely punctured. Tarsal claws simple
(Fig.36). Protibiae of male straight.
Map5.
(o).
Collectionlocalitiesof Allandrus populi(o),A.bifasciatus (r), andA breuicornis
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