Abstract
In the course of a monographic study of the weevil genus Laparocerus Schönherr, 1834, which is very diverse in Macaronesia, this paper describes fifteen new species and one subspecies from the Canary island of La Gomera: L. acutipennis n. sp., L. aethiops garajonay n. ssp., L. benchijigua n. sp., L. depressus n. sp., L. exiguus n. sp., L. exophthalmus n. sp., L. heres n. sp., L. humeralis n.sp, L. hupalupa n. sp., L. inermis n. sp., L. junonius n. sp., L. mulagua n. sp., L. oculatissimus n. sp., L. orone n. sp., L. roudieri n. sp. and L. spinimanus n. sp.. In addition, L. heres jocoensis n.ssp. is described from the neighbouring island of Tenerife. Detailed descriptions, including photographs of holotypes and drawings of the aedeagus, spermatheca and sternite VIII, are supplemented with remarks on diagnostic features comparing the species to similar or related taxa. Data on their distribution on the island, phenology and host-plants are also presented, as is a key to all Laparocerus known from La Gomera.References
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