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Issue: Vol. 5633 No. 3: 13 May 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-05-13
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5633.3.11
Page range: 583-592
Abstract views: 45
PDF downloaded: 2

Bagous obrieni (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), a new species from India feeding on Nymphoides indica (L.) Kuntze

Division of Germplasm Collection and Characterization; ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources; Post Bag No. 2491; H. A. Farm Post; Bellary Road; Hebbal; Bengaluru-560 024; Karnataka; India
Division of Germplasm Collection and Characterization; ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources; Post Bag No. 2491; H. A. Farm Post; Bellary Road; Hebbal; Bengaluru-560 024; Karnataka; India
Via Lorenteggio; 37; 20146 Milano; Italy
Division of Germplasm Collection and Characterization; ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources; Post Bag No. 2491; H. A. Farm Post; Bellary Road; Hebbal; Bengaluru-560 024; Karnataka; India
Division of Germplasm Collection and Characterization; ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources; Post Bag No. 2491; H. A. Farm Post; Bellary Road; Hebbal; Bengaluru-560 024; Karnataka; India
Coleoptera Bagoinae taxonomy distribution Indian Subcontinent aquatic weeds

Abstract

A new species, Bagous obrieni Mahendiran sp. nov., is described. It was collected from Nymphoides indica (L.) Kuntze, in Nayakanapalya Lake at Savandurga, Karnataka, South-Western India. The species is a member of the Bagous transversus species group and description and photographs of differential diagnostic characters and habitus are given allowing for separation from the other two Indian species of this group, B. loisae O’Brien and B. similis O’Brien. An annotated species checklist of the genus Bagous from India is also provided.

 

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How to Cite

Govindasamy, M., Gopinath, P., Caldara, R., Boraiah, M. & Sushil, S.N. (2025) Bagous obrieni (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), a new species from India feeding on Nymphoides indica (L.) Kuntze. Zootaxa, 5633 (3), 583–592. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5633.3.11