A new genus of the tribe Rhinocartini (Coleoptera, Rhynchitidae) from the Solomon Islands

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 23 Dec 2021Publisher:Institute for Biodiversity and EcologyJournal:Ecologica Montenegrina, volume 49, pages 54-58 (issn: 2337-0173, eissn: 2336-9744,

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Authors: Legalov, Andrei A.;

doi: 10.37828/em.2021.49.4

A new genus of the tribe Rhinocartini (Coleoptera, Rhynchitidae) from the Solomon Islands

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A new genus, Solomonocartus Legalov, gen. nov., with a new species Solomonocartus bukejsi Legalov, sp. nov. belongs to the tribe Rhinocartini from Guadalcanal Island (Solomon Islands) is described and illustrated. This new genus differs from the genus Rhinocartus Voss, 1922 from Western Africa in the long antennae inserted in the basal third of the rostrum and almost reaching the middle of the elytra, almost straight sides of the pronotum, long ventrite 2, and larger body sizes. It is the first record of the tribe Rhinocartini from the South Pacific and the second find of Rhynchitidae from the Solomon Islands.

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Omsk State University
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Altai State University
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National Research University of Electronic Technology
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Tomsk State Pedagogical University
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Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals
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Coleoptera, Insecta, Arthropoda, Animalia, Biodiversity, Attelabidae, Taxonomy

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