Eulechriops

Adult. Body oval, black; antennae, tarsi, middle and hind tibiae, apical portion of middle femora, and hind femora reddish brown. Head weakly convex in dorsal view; rostrum vaguely carinate along midline, finely punctate, weakly arcuate, 0.60 mm long; antennae inserted at basal 1/3; antennal scape very short, second funicular article not longer than first. Pronotum 0.80 mm long, 0.90 mm wide, broadest at middle with lateral margins very shallowly arcuate, moderately convex in lateral view, coarsely punctate; setae white and scale-like in narrow stripe along midline and in oval spots anterior to elytral humeri. Elytra 1/3 wider than pronotum, striae subequal to width of intervals, coarsely punctate; setae white and scale-like on basal 2/3 of interval 1 and stria 1, basal 1/3 of interval 2 and stria 2, in narrow transverse posthumeral band on intervals 6–10, and transverse apical band on intervals 3–10. Mesosternum and metasternum often strongly excavated to receive apex of rostrum. Abdomen with shallow narrow groove on first ventral sternite in male, shallowly convex in female.

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