Cryptolarynx endroedyi

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

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

Description

Adults reach a length of about 3.6 mm and have an integument black body, with the antennae, tibiae and tarsi reddish.

Biology

Specimens were collected in a flowering meadow.

Etymology

This species is named in honour of Sebastian Endrödy-Younga, coleopterist at the Ditsong National Museum of Natural History.[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
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.