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Issue: Vol. 5325 No. 1: 7 Aug. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-08-07
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5325.1.7
Page range: 116-122
Abstract views: 191
PDF downloaded: 17

New data about the distribution of Ascopus Marshall in West Africa, with description of two new species (Coleoptera; Curculionidae; Entiminae; Cneorhinini)

Sloupno 64; 503 53 Smidary; Czech Republic
Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle; Département Systématique et Évolution; UMR 7205; 57; rue Cuvier; 75231 Paris Cedex 05; France
Coleoptera Weevils taxonomy Cneorhinini Afrotropical region species discovery new distribution

Abstract

Ascopus longisetosus Borovec & Perrin sp. nov. from Guinea and A. suturatus Borovec & Perrin sp. nov. from Guinea and Liberia are described and illustrated. New faunistic records are presented for the species Ascopus curvipes (Hustache, 1931) (new record for Liberia), A. girardi Borovec & Perrin, 2019 (new record for Liberia, Ivory Coast and Sierra Leone), and A. pyriformis Marshall, 1951 (new record for Sierra Leone).

 

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