Cryptolarynx cederbergensis

Cryptolarynx cederbergensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Brachyceridae
Genus: Cryptolarynx
Species:
C. cederbergensis
Binomial name
Cryptolarynx cederbergensis
Haran, 2023

Cryptolarynx cederbergensis is a species of beetle of the family Curculionidae. It is found in South Africa, where it is only known from the Cederberg mountains in the Western Cape province.

Description

Adults reach a length of about 1.9–2.2 mm and have an integument black body, with the basal half of scapes reddish reddish.

Biology

Specimens were collected in monospecific stands of Oxalis obtusa in the month of August.

Etymology

This species name refers to the origin of this species, the Cederberg mountains in the Western Cape province.[1]

References

  1. ^ Part of this text is from “Revision of the enigmatic South African Cryptolaryngini (Coleoptera, Curculionidae), with description of a new genus and twenty-two new species” by Haran J.M., et al. This article is licensed under the [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ CC BY 4.0 license
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