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Issue: Vol. 4085 No. 2: 2 Mar. 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-03-02
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4085.2.2
Page range: 199–218
Abstract views: 39
PDF downloaded: 2

Descriptions of three new species of Strattis Pascoe, 1883 (Coleoptera:
Curculionidae: Cryptorhynchinae) from the Indian subcontinent

Network Project on Insect Biosystematics, Division of Entomology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, Delhi, India -110012 Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Assam University, Silchar, Assam, India-788011
Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Assam University, Silchar, Assam, India-788011
Network Project on Insect Biosystematics, Division of Entomology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, Delhi, India -110012
Coleoptera Strattis new record Sri Lanka stridulatory device

Abstract

The cryptorhynchine genus Strattis Pascoe originally described from Sri Lanka is recorded from India with the descriptions of three new species: S. pascoei sp. nov., S. maculatus sp. nov., and S. srilankaiensis sp. nov. from the Indian subcontinent. Strattis biguttatus is designated as type species for the genus. A key to species is provided. The character of a presumable stridulatory structure between the meta-femur and the first abdominal ventrite is discussed.

 

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