A new weevil genus from the highlands of China casts doubts on monophyly of Cotasteromimina (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Molytinae)
We describe Zembrus perseus gen. et sp. nov., a new weevil from Yunnan, China. A single flightless male was sifted from under Rhododendron bush in the alpine zone of the Cangshan Mountain Range. The specimen’s appearance suggests affinities to the molytine subtribe Cotasteromimina, which currently...
Main Authors: | Christoph Germann, Vasily V. Grebennikov |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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PAGEPress Publications
2020-11-01
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Series: | Fragmenta entomologica |
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Online Access: | http://www.fragmentaentomol.org/index.php/fragmenta/article/view/459 |
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