Larinus berti sp. n. (Coleoptera,Curculionidae, Lixinae) from North Africa |
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| Authors: | Levent Gültekin Miguel A. Alonso-Zarazaga |
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| Affiliation: | 1.Atatürk University, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Plant Protection, 25240 Erzurum, Turkey ;2.Depto. de Biodiversidad y Biología Evolutiva, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, José Gutiérrez Abascal, 2, E-28071 Madrid, Spain |
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| Abstract: | A new species, Larinus bertisp. n. is described from Morocco and assigned to subgenus Cryphopus Petri, 1907 (Curculionidae: Lixinae; Lixini). Diagnostic characters of the new species are large size, elongate-ovate body, bisulcate sub-quadrangular rostrum, triangularly raised dorsum of rostrum, flat subgena and submentum, Y-shaped apodeme of sternite VIII of female and thin nodulus of spermatheca. |
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| Keywords: | Larinus Cryphopus taxonomy new species Lixini Curculionidae |
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