Molecular phylogeny in endemic weevils: revision of the genera of Macaronesian Cryptorhynchinae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
Author
Stüben, Peter E.
Author
Astrin, Jonas J.
text
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
2010
2010-08-18
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00609.x
journal article
10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00609.x
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ECHINOACALLES
STÜBEN, 2008
Type
species of the monotypic genus
Echinoacalles
:
Echinoacalles franzi
Stüben, 2008
Stüben, 2008: 321–323.
Annotation:
This
monotypic genus, which is only known from
El Hierro
(
type
locality: Las Montañetas), the smallest and westernmost island of the
Canaries
, is only mentioned for the sake of completeness [it is neither considered in the tabular synopsis (
Figs 2A–22D
) nor in the key]. From today’s perspective, it can be deduced from its habitus and from the describing author’s unsuccessful search for further specimens at the
type
locality (the description was based on one individual) that the species does not belong to the
Canarian
fauna.
Presumably
it was recently introduced with potting soil (from
South
or
Central America
?) or was mislabelled or transported with the collecting equipment
.