Larinus berti sp. n. (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Lixinae) from North Africa

By

Gültekin, Levent
Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2013

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

342

Pages

21-28

Subjects

Cryphopus , Curculionidae , Larinus , Lixini , new species , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.342.5754

 

Abstract

A new species, Larinus berti sp. 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.