Systematic Position of the Genus Keibaris Chujo,with Notes on the Definitions of the Related Taxa Having the Ascended Mesepimera (Coleoptera : Curculionidae)

Abstract

An aberrant genus Keibaris Chujo (=Abaris Voss) in Baridinae is newly transferred to Menemachini of Conoderinae (=Zygopinae) based on the comparisons of the morphological features with the related weevils having the meseparisons of the morphological features with the related weevils having the mesepimera ascended upwards. The genus and the type species, K. babai are redescribed.