Revision of the South African genus Porpacus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae: Embrithini)
Revize jihoafrického rodu Porpacus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae: Embrithini)
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Klapalekiana 50(1–2): 7-44, 2014
Roman Borovec, Enzo Colonnelli & Giuseppe Osella
Publikované v tisku: 10. 10. 2014
Zobrazení: 147
Abstrakt: Nine new species of Porpacus Schoenherr, 1842 from South Africa (P. brevicornis
sp. nov., P. brevithorax sp. nov., P. chenopodiae sp. nov., P. decemcornutus sp.
nov., P. gracilicornis sp. nov., P. muellerae sp. nov., P. pseudohorridus sp.
nov., P. stalsi sp. nov. and P. youngai sp. nov.) are described, illustrated and
keyed. The genus is redescribed and its taxonomic position is briefly discussed.
Male and female genitalia of Porpacus are studied and illustrated for the first
time. Lectotypes of the following species are designated: Porpacus cornirostris
Boheman, 1842, P. horridus Boheman, 1842 and P. vesiculatus Marshall, 1923.
Klíčová slova: Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Entiminae, Embrithini, Porpacus, taxonomy, new species, South Africa