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Issue: Vol. 2170 No. 1: 29 Jul. 2009
Type: Articles
Published: 2009-07-29
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2170.1.3
Page range: 28–36
Abstract views: 42
PDF downloaded: 3

A new species of the genus Gasterocercus (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Cryptorhynchinae) from the Iberian Peninsula, with notes on the ecology of the genus

Depto. de Biodiversidad y Biología Evolutiva, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (CSIC), José Gutiérrez Abascal, 2, E-28006 Madrid, Spain
Centro Iberoamericano de la Biodiversidad (CIBIO). Universidad de Alicante. 03080 Alicante, Spain
Centro Iberoamericano de la Biodiversidad (CIBIO). Universidad de Alicante. 03080 Alicante, Spain
Coleoptera saproxylic beetles Mediterranean forest central Spain conservation Gasterocercus hispanicus new species

Abstract

Gasterocercus hispanicus, a new species of the genus Gasterocercus Laporte & Brullé, 1828 is described from the Iberian Peninsula. Until now, Gasterocercus depressirostris (Fabricius, 1793) was the only European species of the genus, which includes 9 species distributed in the Palaearctic, Oriental and Australian realms and lives on dead wood or in dying trees. We summarise the known biological information for both European species, providing new data on the ecology of the genus.

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