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Issue: Vol. 1053 No. 1: 23 Sep. 2005
Type: Articles
Published: 2005-09-23
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1053.1.2
Page range: 23–34
Abstract views: 37
PDF downloaded: 5

Eurycleonus talamellii n. sp. of Cleonine weevil from the Moroccan desert (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Lixinae: Cleonini)

Department of Animal and Human Biology, V. Accademia Albertina, 13, 10123 TORINO, ITALY
Coleoptera Curculionidae Eurycleonus Eurycleonus talamellii new species taxonomy biogeography host plants Morocco

Abstract

Eurycleonus talamellii n. sp. is described. It is a taxonomic and geographic vicariant of E. gigas (Marseul 1868), from which it mainly differs by the body with less broadened elytra, the vestiture composed of mixed white and brownish scales in irregular patches, the rostrum nearly straight in profile, the antennae with slightly longer segments, the upper margin of the scrobe sinuate and nearly reaching the lower part of the eye. Remarks on ecology, biogeography and phylogenetic relationships are given.Kew words: Curculionidae, Eurycleonus, Eurycleonus talamellii, new species, taxonomy, biogeography, host plants, Morocco

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