A new species Larinodontes freidbergi sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Lixinae) from India

Levent Gültekin; Ariel-Leib-Leonid Friedman

doi:10.12976/jib/2015.3.1

Issue: Vol. 3 No. 1 (2015)

Type: Article

Published: 2015-01-28

DOI: 10.12976/jib/2015.3.1

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A new species Larinodontes freidbergi sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Lixinae) from India

Levent Gültekin⁺⁻
Ariel-Leib-Leonid Friedman⁺⁻

Atatürk University, Faculty of Agriculture, Plant Protection Department, Erzurum, TURKEY

Department of Zoology, The George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv.

Larinodontes freidbergi new species Lixini Curculionidae Oriental region.

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Abstract

A new species in the genus Larinodontes Faust, 1898 is described from India, in addition to two previously known species. Diagnostic features of this species are: femoral tooth small, ventral tibial tooth undeveloped, protibial pre-mucro reduced, penis in dorsal view parallel sided at apical 2/3 and subapically with wide V-form angularly upwards. Description, diagnosis and illustrations of new species are presented.