Two new weevil species of the genus Myllocerus Schoenherr, 1823 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae) from India-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Two new weevil species of the genus Myllocerus Schoenherr, 1823 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae) from India

Published:2024-01-26 Issue:1 Volume:16 Page:24601-24606
ISSN:0974-7907
Container-title:Journal of Threatened Taxa
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Short-container-title:J. Threat. Taxa

Author:

G. Mahendiran ,M.M. Nagaraja ,M. Sampathkumar

Abstract

Two new species, Myllocerus vathalmalaensis sp. nov. and M. depressus sp. nov., are described from India. M. vathalmalaensis differs from M. lineaticollis (Boheman, 1842) in possessing a fine central carina on the impressed rostrum, the second funicle segment longer than the first one and tegmen without parameres. M. depressus differs from M. cardoni Marshall, 1916 by the dorsally depressed rostrum, which is longer than the head, a prothorax depressed and constricted near the posterior margin, the antennae and legs black in colour, the hind femora with a single spine and a spermatheca with curved nodulus.

Funder

Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology, India

Publisher

Wildlife Information Liaison Development Society

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