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Issue: Vol. 4365 No. 2: 18 Dec. 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-12-17
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4365.2.2
Page range: 132–148
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Revision of the genus Afrosmicronyx Hustache (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Curculioninae)

CBGP, CIRAD, Montpellier SupAgro, INRA, IRD, Univ. Montpellier, Montpellier, France
Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Département Systématique et Evolution, UMR 7205, 57 rue Cuvier, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France
Coleoptera Smicronychini Afrosmicronyx Afrotropical region biocontrol Striga

Abstract

The species of the Afrotropical genus Afrosmicronyx Hustache (Curculionidae, Curculioninae, Smicronychini), biocontrol agents of parasitic plants in crops (Striga, Orobanchaceae), are revised. Ten species are recognized, two of them described as new (A. mirei Haran, sp. n. and A. madagascariensis Haran, sp. n.). A key to the species with photographs of the habitus and male genitalia of type specimens is provided.

 

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