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Issue: Vol. 5796 No. 2: 21 Apr. 2026
Type: Article
Published: 2026-04-21
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5796.2.7
Page range: 343-354
Abstract views: 213
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A new species of Stenoscelodes Konishi (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Cossoninae) from the Ogasawara Islands, Japan, with a taxonomic review of the genus in Japan and Taiwan

Entomological Laboratory; Graduate School of Bioresource and Bioenvironmental Sciences; Kyushu University; Fukuoka 819-0395; Japan.
Coleoptera weevil Palaearctic region Oriental region Oceanian region redescription species discovery Stenoscelodes boninensis sp. nov.

Abstract

A new species, Stenoscelodes boninensis Inoue, sp. nov., is described from the Ogasawara Islands, Japan. Two previously known Japanese species, S. hayashii Konishi, 1962 and S. capitulus Konishi, 1962, are redescribed, and recorded from Taiwan for the first time, representing the first occurrence of the genus in the country. A key to all the Japanese and Taiwanese species is provided.

 

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How to Cite

Inoue, S. (2026) A new species of Stenoscelodes Konishi (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Cossoninae) from the Ogasawara Islands, Japan, with a taxonomic review of the genus in Japan and Taiwan. Zootaxa, 5796 (2), 343–354. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5796.2.7