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Issue: Vol. 1248 No. 1: 29 Jun. 2006
Type: Articles
Published: 2006-06-29
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1248.1.2
Page range: 21–26
Abstract views: 64
PDF downloaded: 5

A new species of the weevil genus Larinus Dejean from Turkey and Syria (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Lixinae)

Atatürk University, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Plant Protection, 25240 Erzurum, Turkey
Coleoptera Larinus perrinae sp. n. Larinus

Abstract

Larinus perrinae sp. n. is described from southeastern Turkey and Syria based on material from J. Desbrochers’ and M. Pic’s collections. Lectotype of L. lejeunei Capiomont is designated. Larinus perrinae is closely related to L. lejeunei but, differing in the elongated body, pattern of pubescence and shape of aedeagus.

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