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Issue: Vol. 5613 No. 1: 26 Mar. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-03-26
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5613.1.5
Page range: 126-138
Abstract views: 318
PDF downloaded: 12

Presence of the genus Tepperia Lea (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in the Oriental Region, with new combination for a Philippine species and description of a new insular species associated with the looking-glass mangrove, Heritiera littoralis Dryand. ex Aiton (Malvaceae)

Corpo Passion; Komagari; Chichijima; Ogasawara; Tokyo; 100-2101 Japan.
5-9-17 Matsushiro; Tsukuba; Ibaraki; 305-0035 Japan.
Coleoptera Hidden snout weevil taxonomy host plant association seed predation Australian Region

Abstract

The genus Tepperia Lea, 1903 (Cryptorhynchinae: Cryptorhynchini) is recorded from the Oriental Region for the first time. A supplementary description of Tepperia sterculiae Lea, 1903 is given for the male terminalia and stridulatory organ. A new combination, Tepperia palawanica (Heller, 1913), comb. nov., is proposed and a male lectotype is designated for Cyamobolus palawanicus Heller, 1913, which was previously known from Cebu and Palawan Islands. Additionally, a new species, Tepperia vagabunda Tsuji & Yoshitake sp. nov., is described from Japan (the Ryukyus: Ishigakijima and Iriomotejima Islands) and Taiwan. These two species are associated with the looking-glass mangrove, Heritiera littoralis Dryand. ex Aiton (Malvaceae). Larvae of T. vagabunda feed inside the seeds where they also pupate.

 

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How to Cite

Tsuji, N. & Yoshitake, H. (2025) Presence of the genus Tepperia Lea (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in the Oriental Region, with new combination for a Philippine species and description of a new insular species associated with the looking-glass mangrove, Heritiera littoralis Dryand. ex Aiton (Malvaceae). Zootaxa, 5613 (1), 126–138. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5613.1.5