title: The new genus Pheude (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Cossoninae) with description of a new species from mainland China.
abstract: A new weevil, Pheudepunctatus gen. et sp. n., of the tribe Dryotribini in Cossoninae, is described from Guangdong Province, South China. It differs from the related genera Dryotribus Horn and Microtribodes Morimoto in having antennae with seven articles and a distinct scutellum, and from Ochronanus Pascoe and Stenomimus Wollaston in having long antennae, a rostrum with a medio-longitudinal furrow beginning at the posterior margin of the eyes and extending approximately midway on the rostrum, and a moderately elevated, medio-longitudinal carina extending the full length of the pronotum. Other diagnostic characters and illustrations are provided. A key to the genera of Dryotribini known from China is given.
authors.affiliation: CAS Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China ; Plant Protection Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt.
authors.forename: Youssef M
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Omar
authors.affiliation: CAS Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China ; State Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Pest Insects and Rodents, Beijing 100101, China.
authors.forename: Runzhi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Division of Entomology, Natural History Museum, and Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology. 1501 Crestline Drive-Suite #140 University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas 66049-4401, USA.
authors.forename: Steven R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Davis
keywords: China; Dryotribini; Pheudepunctatus; key to genera; new species