Haptomerus maculosus, a new species of the tribe Myorhinini from Zambia (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae)
Author
Borovec, Roman
Author
Nakládal, Oto
text
Zootaxa
2019
2019-03-01
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387
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journal article
28147
10.11646/zootaxa.4563.2.11
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1175-5326
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Haptomerus confusus
Marshall, 1958
Haptomerus confusus
Marshall, 1958b
: 712
.
Material examined.
2 specimens
(
BMNH
): Cotype [p, rounded with yellow margin] / Bamenda
17.12.55
[p] / Exped.
Mus
.
G. Frey
, Nigeria-Kamerun, Bechyne
1955-56
[p] /
Haptomerus confusus, Mshl.
,
TYPE
♂
[hw,
♀
in second specimen].
Remarks.
This species, described from Bamenda in
Cameroon
, is most similar to
H. mashunus
in its body size and shape but distinguishable by its irregularly punctate elytra, distinct granulate pronotum and parallel-sided rostrum.