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Issue: Vol. 5380 No. 3: 30 Nov. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-11-30
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5380.3.5
Page range: 282-288
Abstract views: 475
PDF downloaded: 13

Zherikhinia matobai sp. nov., a second species of the genus Zherikhinia Alonso-Zarazaga (Coleoptera, Brentidae, Nanophyinae) from the Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan

Entomological Laboratory; Graduate school of Bioresource and Bioenvironmental Science; Kyushu University; 744 Motôka; Nishi-ku; Fukuoka; 819–0395 Japan; The Kyushu University Museum; 6–10–1 Hakozaki; Higashi-ku; Fukuoka; 812–8581 Japan
Coleoptera Nanophyinae taxonomy weevils new species oriental region

Abstract

Zherikhinia matobai Yasukawa sp. nov., a member of the subfamily Nanophyinae (Coleoptera, Brentidae), is described from the Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan. It is the second species of this genus known. Zherikhinia distylia Alonso-Zarazaga, 1989 and Z. matobai can be easily distinguished by the body color (Z. matobai is reddish-brown and glossy) and the femoral teeth (Z. matobai has one large tooth and a smaller, grain-like tooth).

 

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