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

Gültekin, Levent; Lyal, Christopher H.C.

doi:10.12976/jib/2023.43.1.1

Makale Tam Makale Uluslararası 2023

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

Levent Gültekin, Christopher H.C. Lyal

Journal of Insect Biodiversity Cilt 43 · Sayı 1 · ss. 1–7 · 01.10.2023

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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 swollen, femora dentate.

Anahtar kelimeler

Lixini new taxa Afrotropical Tanzania

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Gültekin, L., & Lyal, C. H. (2023). An exceptional new weevil genus and species (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) from Tanzania. Journal of Insect Biodiversity, 43(1), 1–7. https://doi.org/10.12976/jib/2023.43.1.1

BibTeX

@article{gultekin2023-268207,
  author = {Gültekin, Levent and Lyal, Christopher H.C.},
  title = {An exceptional new weevil genus and species (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) from Tanzania},
  journal = {Journal of Insect Biodiversity},
  year = {2023},
  volume = {43},
  number = {1},
  pages = {1--7},
  issn = {2538-1318},
  doi = {10.12976/jib/2023.43.1.1},
  url = {https://akademik.atauni.edu.tr/yayinlar/268207-an-exceptional-new-weevil-genus-and-species-coleoptera-curculionidae-from}
}