Moreiba gen. n., a new Canarian genus in Laparocerini (Coleoptera, Curculionidae)

By

Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2013

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

333

Pages

45-54

Subjects

Canary Islands , Laparocerini , Moreiba , Morphology , new combination , new genus , Strophosoma canariense , systematics , weevils

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.333.6122

 

Abstract

A new genus Moreiba is described for Strophosoma canariense Franz, 1995 (type species) and placed in Laparocerini. It differs from Laparocerus Schoenherr, 1834 by the small size, the strongly transverse rostrum, the dense longitudinal strigosity on head and rostrum, the body covered by dense, adpressed scales and short, semierect subspatulate to parallel setae, the slender antennae with bisinuate scape and short oval club, the granulate pronotum and all tibiae lacking a mucro in both sexes. Moreiba canariensis (Franz, 1995), comb. n., is the only described species, distributed in El Hierro and Gran Canaria. The tribal placement of the genera Aphyonotus Faust, 1895, Asmaratrox Heller, 1909, Straticus Pascoe, 1886 and Cyrtozemia Pascoe, 1872 is discussed.