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

GÜLTEKİN L., Lyal C. H.

Journal of Insect Biodiversity, cilt.43, sa.1, ss.1-7, 2023 (ESCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 43 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2023
  • Doi Numarası: 10.12976/jib/2023.43.1.1
  • Dergi Adı: Journal of Insect Biodiversity
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, BIOSIS, CAB Abstracts, Veterinary Science Database
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1-7
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Afrotropical, Lixini, new taxa, Tanzania
  • Atatürk Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

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.