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Issue: Vol. 5105 No. 2: 3 Mar. 2022
Type: Article
Published: 2022-03-03
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5105.2.7
Page range: 281-288
Abstract views: 301
PDF downloaded: 25

Maxwelleus, a new genus of Curculionidae from the Himalayas, with two new species (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Molytinae: Euderini)

Massimo Meregalli – University of Turin, Dept. of Life Sciences and Systems Biology – Via Accademia Albertina 13 – 10123 TORINO ITALY.
Coleoptera New taxa Himalayan weevils Tibet Myanmar taxonomy species discovery

Abstract

The new genus Maxwelleus, with two new species, M. tibetanus (China, Tibet) and M. birmanus (Myanmar [Burma]), is described and illustrated. The new genus is immediately recognized by large body size (12.5-13.8 mm), pronotum with a distinct transverse groove or constriction behind apex and elytra with narrow but distinct transverse patches of yellow scales. A key to the species is given.

 

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