Article 2023 · 1 atıf

An exceptional new weevil genus and species (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) from Tanzania

Gultekin, Levent, Lyal, Christopher H. C.

Özet

The new genus Borisius gen. nov. and the new species, Borisius korotyaevi sp. nov. are described and illustrated in the tribe Lixini from Tanzania in the Afrotropical region. The new genus can easily be recognized by the following combination of characters: antennal club greatly elongate and spindle-shaped, forehead with two prominent ridges triangularly diverging anteriad, pronotum constricted with two lateral projections, third elytral interstria strongly raised in basal fifth, humeri swol-len, femora dentate.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Lixini new taxa Tanzania Afrotropical

WoS Kategorileri

Entomology

Sürdürülebilir Kalkınma Amaçları

Karasal Yaşam

Künye

Dergi: JOURNAL OF INSECT BIODIVERSITY
Yıl: 2023
Cilt: 43
Sayı: 1
Sayfa: 1-7
ISSN: 2538-1318
eISSN: 2147-7612
DOI: 10.12976/jib/2023.43.1.1
WoS UID: WOS:001101027800001

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