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Issue: Vol. 4394 No. 4: 16 Mar. 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-03-16
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4394.4.7
Page range: 567–574
Abstract views: 58
PDF downloaded: 3

A new species of Ubychia Rost, 1893 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Brachycerinae) from the island Samos, Greece, with a discussion on the distribution of the genus

Czech University of Life Sciences, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Department of Forest Protection and Game Management, Kamýcká 1176, CZ-165 21 Praha 6-Suchdol, Czech Republic.
Czech University of Life Sciences, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Department of Forest Protection and Game Management, Kamýcká 1176, CZ-165 21 Praha 6-Suchdol, Czech Republic.
Coleoptera Curculionidae Brachycerinae Raymondionymini taxonomy Greece

Abstract

The new species, Ubychia assingi sp. nov., an endogean and anophthalmous weevil is described from the Greek island Samos. A list of species of the genus is given and the distribution and a posible biogeographic scenario for the genus is discussed.

 

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