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Haptomerus natalis Marshall 1908

Description

Haptomerus natalis Marshall, 1908

Haptomerus natalis Marshall, 1908: 25. Schenkling & Marshall 1931: 5; Osella et al. 1998: 231.

Material examined. 1 specimen, Type HT [p, rounded with red border] / Estcourt, Natal, G. A. K. Marshall [p] / Haptomerus natalis, Mshl., TYPE [hw].

Remarks. This is an easily recognisable species by its small size (length less than 2 mm) and the long, erect setae on the elytra and the very short rostrum, 1.2 × longer than wide in the male and 1.5 × in the female.

Notes

Published as part of Borovec, Roman & Nakládal, Oto, 2019, Haptomerus maculosus, a new species of the tribe Myorhinini from Zambia (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae), pp. 387-395 in Zootaxa 4563 (2) on page 393, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4563.2.11, http://zenodo.org/record/2601139

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Curculionidae
Genus
Haptomerus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Coleoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Marshall
Species
natalis
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Haptomerus natalis Marshall, 1908 sec. Borovec & Nakládal, 2019

References

  • Marshall, G. A. K. (1908) A synoptic revision of the Tanyrrhinchinae (Curculionidae). Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (8) 1, 9 - 33. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222930808692351
  • Schenkling, S. & Marshall, G. A. K. (1931) Curculionidae: Tanyrrhinchinae. In: Schenkling, S. (Ed.), Coleopterorum Catalogus, Pars 114. W. Junk Verlag fur Naturwissenschaften, s'Gravenhage, pp. 1 - 10.
  • Osella G., Colonnelli, E. & Zuppa, A. M. (1998) Mediterranean Curculionoidea with Southern African affinities (Coleoptera). In: Colonnelli, E., Louw, S. M. & Osella, G. (Eds.). Taxonomy, ecology and distribution of Curculionoidea (Coleoptera: Polyphago). Proceedings of a Symposium (28 August, 1996, Florence, Italy). XX International Congress of Entomology. Torino: Atti del Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali, pp. 221 - 265.