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Issue: Vol. 4838 No. 1: 25 Aug. 2020
Type: Article
Published: 2020-08-25
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4838.1.7
Page range: 128–136
Abstract views: 57
PDF downloaded: 7

Four new Tapinomorphus Hartmann species from Angola, Zambia and Zimbabwe (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae: Sciaphilini)

Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Department of Forest Protection and Entomology, Kamýcká 1176, CZ-165 21 Praha 6-Suchdol, Czech Republic.
Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Department of Forest Protection and Entomology, Kamýcká 1176, CZ-165 21 Praha 6-Suchdol, Czech Republic.
Coleoptera Weevils taxonomy new species South Africa species discovery

Abstract

Four new Tapinomorphus species are described and illustrated: Tapinomorphus angolanus sp. nov. from Angola, T. kudrnai sp. nov. from Zambia, T. latipennis sp. nov. and T. verunkae sp. nov. from Zimbabwe. This brings the total number of species in the genus to 20. Habitus images and illustrations of important characters are provided.

 

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