Cryptolarynx subglaber

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

Cryptolarynx subglaber is a species of beetle of the family Curculionidae. It is found in South Africa, where it has been recorded on the western slopes of the Hottentots Holland Mountains, in Stellenbosch and the Helderberg Nature Reserve.

Description

Adults reach a length of about 1.8–3.7 mm and have an integument black body, with the antennae and tarsi reddish.

Biology

Specimens were collected in mixed patches of species of Oxalis (Oxalis lanata, Oxalis glabra and Oxalis purpurea), but the exact host plant of the species is unknown. Adults were collected in August and October.

Etymology

This species is named in reference to the glabrous appearance of the integument, seemingly unique among known species of Cryptolarynx.[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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