A New Cryptorhynchine Weevil Genus and Species, Viraktamathia srinivasa Gen. and Sp. Nov. (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) from India

Authors

  • Salam Rita Devi Network Project on Insect Biosystematics, Division of Entomology (NPIB), Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi-110012, India
  • D. C. Ray Dept. of Ecology and Environmental Science, Assam University Silchar, Assam-788011, India
  • V. V. Ramamurthy Network Project on Insect Biosystematics, Division of Entomology (NPIB), Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi-110012, India

Keywords:

oriental region, Cryptorhynchinae, new genus, new species

Abstract

A new Cryptorhynchinae weevil Viraktamathia gen. nov. and srinivasa sp. nov. from India is described and illustrated. This genus is unique among the Cryptorhynchinae in the concavity of the ventrite 1 combined with the character of the pair of knobs on the uncus of the hind tibia.

 

Se describe e ilustra Viraktamathia gen. nov, un nuevo género de picudo Cryptorhynchinae, por su especie tipo Viraktamathia srinivasa sp. nov. de la India. Este género es único entre los Cryptorhynchinae por la concavidad de su primer ventrito combinado con el carácter de un par de protuberancias en el uncus de la tibia posterior.

 

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Published

2014-04-06

Issue

Vol. 97, No. 1 (March 2014)

Section

Research Papers

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