Madarellus perditus Casey, 1920
Source: O'Brien, C.W., Wibmer, G.J. 1982.
Family: Curculionidae
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Chelsey Tellez  

       Oblong-cuneiform, strongly, convex and  polished throughout, red-brown to black, almost sculptureless above;  beak arcuate, rather closely punctulate, as long as the prothorax(cf)or head and prothorax (9), the latter two-fifths wider than long, inflated,  the sides broadly arcuate, becoming parallel posteriorly, more rounded  and converging anteriorly to the subtubulate apex, which is three-  sevenths as wide as the base, the latter transverse and with an abrupt  rounded median lobe; punctures extremely minute and sparse, the sides  and inferior surface feebly, obliquely rugulose as usual; series of fine  punctures along the base evident; scutellum small, flat, ogival, slightly  transverse; elytra acutely ovoidal, scarcely two-fifths longer than wide,not quite as wide as the prothorax and nearly three-fifths longer, the  humeral callus rather large, prominently rounded; surface undulated;stria; smooth, deep but fine; interstitial punctures scarcely traceable atany part; under surface feebly, the abdomen strongly, shining, the latter  sparsely punctate; femora rugosely and densely punctate, the anterior  acutely denticulate beneath.

  

   Length Ccf(9) 2.5-3.0 mm.; width 1.15-1.5 mm.