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Issue: Vol. 5631 No. 3: 5 May 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-05-05
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5631.3.10
Page range: 574-584
Abstract views: 129
PDF downloaded: 11

Weevils of the genus Neomecopus Hustache, 1921 (Curculionidae: Conoderinae: Mecopini), with description of a new species from the Ryukyus, Japan

Shonan Fujisawa Junior & Senior High School; Keio University; 5466 Endo; Fujisawa; Kanagawa; 252-0816 Japan
5-9-17; Matsushiro; Tsukuba; Ibaraki; 305–0035 Japan
Laboratory of Entomology; Tokyo University of Agriculture; 1737 Funako; Atsugi; Kanagawa; 243-0034 Japan
Coleoptera taxonomy Palaearctic region Oriental region Nansei Islands Okinawa Picrasma quassioides agonistic behavior

Abstract

The previously monotypic weevil genus Neomecopus Hustache, 1921 (Curculionidae: Conoderinae: Mecopini), and the type species N. subarmatus Hustache, 1921 are redescribed; furthermore Neomecopus tamaderai Fujisawa, Yoshitake & Kojima, sp. nov. from Okinawa-jima Is., the Ryukyus, southwestern Japan is described and illustrated. A key to Neomecopus and its related genera is also provided.

 

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How to Cite

Fujisawa, Y., Yoshitake, H. & Kojima, H. (2025) Weevils of the genus Neomecopus Hustache, 1921 (Curculionidae: Conoderinae: Mecopini), with description of a new species from the Ryukyus, Japan. Zootaxa, 5631 (3), 574–584. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5631.3.10