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Issue: Vol. 3255 No. 1: 3 Apr. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-04-03
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3255.1.3
Page range: 52–56
Abstract views: 35
PDF downloaded: 19

Phrixosoma concavifrons – a sexually dimorphic Phrixosomatini (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) from the Udzungwa mountains in Tanzania

Museum of Natural History, University Museum of Bergen PB 7800, NO-5020, Bergen, Norway
Coleoptera Phrixosoma Udzungwa Tanzania Afrotropical region

Abstract

A new species of Phrixosoma from Tanzania is described and illustrated. This is a unique species for the genus in havinga strongly concave female frons. Several characters are described for the first time for this genus, including male andfemale genitalia, mouthparts, thoracic sutures, and several overlooked features of the mesoand metatibiae and sternal processes.

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