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Afromuelleria, a new genus of Trachyphloeini from Limpopo, with descriptions of four new species (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae)
- Source :
- European Journal of Entomology, Vol 115, Iss 1, Pp 668-683 (2018)
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- Institute of Entomology, Biology Centre, Czech Academy of Science, 2018.
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Abstract
- A new genus, Afromuelleria gen. n., assigned to the tribe Trachyphloeini Lacordaire, 1863, is described for four South African species of weevils: A. awelani sp. n., A. baobab sp. n., A. limpopo sp. n. and A. venda sp. n. All species are illustrated and keyed. Taxonomic status of the new genus is discussed and compared with similar genera of Trachyphloeini and Embrithini Marshall, 1942.
- Subjects :
- 0106 biological sciences
new species
south africa
coleoptera
010607 zoology
Entiminae
Zoology
trachyphloeini
new genus
entiminae
Biology
biology.organism_classification
010603 evolutionary biology
01 natural sciences
taxonomy
curculionidae
QL1-991
Genus
Insect Science
Curculionidae
Taxonomy (biology)
afromuelleria
afrotropical region
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 18028829 and 12105759
- Volume :
- 115
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- European Journal of Entomology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....f814721a84037ce371d797eb96674e06