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Issue: Vol. 1781 No. 1: 3 Jun. 2008
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2008-06-03
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1781.1.6
Page range: 63–66
Abstract views: 37
PDF downloaded: 3

A new synonym and new records of Tychiini (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) from Madeira Archipelago and Selvagens Islands

Via Lorenteggio 37, 20146 Milan, Italy
Department of Biology, University of Madeira, Campus da Penteada, 9000-390 Funchal, Madeira, Portugal CEM, Centre for Macaronesian Studies, Campus da Penteada, 9000-390 Funchal, Madeira, Portugal
Coleoptera Curculionidae

Abstract

Tychius bicolor Brisout, 1862 and Sibinia arenariae Stephens, 1831 are reported from the Archipelago of Madeira, respectively Madeira and Porto Santo, for the first time. Two additional specimens of T. filirostris Wollaston, 1854, known previously from only two specimens from Porto Santo, were examined. Following the study of these specimens and others from the Canary Islands (Tenerife, La Palma) and Selvagen Pequena, T. colonnellii Caldara, 1991 from Tenerife is proposed as a junior synonym of T. filirostris.

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