AFROTROPICAL TYCHIUS: DESCRIPTION OF FIVE NEW SPECIES AND DESIGNATION OF A NEOTYPE (Coleoptera, Curculionidae)

Roberto Caldara

doi:10.13133/2284-4880/24

AFROTROPICAL TYCHIUS: DESCRIPTION OF FIVE NEW SPECIES AND DESIGNATION OF A NEOTYPE (Coleoptera, Curculionidae)

Authors

Roberto Caldara

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13133/2284-4880/24

Abstract

Five new species belonging to the weevil genus Tychius are described: T. barclayi n. sp. (South Africa), T. gambiensis n. sp. (Gambia), T. muellerarum n. sp. (South Africa), T. rufotheivorus n. sp. (South Africa), T. stalsi n. sp. (South Africa). Moreover the neotype of T. suturellus Gyllenhal, 1836 is designated. Descriptions, photographs of their habitus and figures of rostra and genitalia are given.

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Published

2013-10-31

How to Cite

Caldara, R. (2013) “AFROTROPICAL TYCHIUS: DESCRIPTION OF FIVE NEW SPECIES AND DESIGNATION OF A NEOTYPE (Coleoptera, Curculionidae)”, Fragmenta entomologica, 45(1-2), pp. 181–194. doi: 10.13133/2284-4880/24.