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Issue: Vol. 3869 No. 5: 3 Oct. 2014
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2014-10-03
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3869.5.11
Page range: 597–600
Abstract views: 48
PDF downloaded: 3

First record of Otibazo (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Molytinae) outside of Japan, with description of a new species from Vietnam

Canadian Food Inspection Agency, K.W. Neatby Bldg., 960 Carling Ave., Ottawa, ON K1A 0Y9, Canada.
Vietnam National Museum of Nature, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet St, Cau Giay, Hanoi, Vietnam.
Coleoptera Curculionidae Molytinae

Abstract

A new species of wingless leaf litter weevil, Otibazo polyphemus sp. n., is described from Tam Dao, northern Vietnam. This is the fourth named species in the genus, with its three other species known only from Japan. Habitus and genitalia of the male holotype are illustrated and DNA barcoding data are provided.