A new species of the weevil genus Melanobaris Alonso-Zarazaga et Lyal, 1999 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Baridinae) from Mt. Hermon in Israel and commentaries on the composition of the genera Melanobaris and Aulacobaris Desbrochers, 1892

Publication Type:Journal Article
:2011
Authors:B. A. Korotyaev, Friedman A. L. L.
Journal:Kavkazskii Entomologicheskii Byulleten
Volume:7
Pagination:169-172
Date Published:2011
:1814-3326
:Melanobaris, Melanobaris amanicola, Melanobaris margaritae
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A new species of the weevil genus Melanobaris Alonso-Zarazaga et Lyal, 1999 is described from Israel (Mt. Hermon). Melanobaris margaritae sp. n. is similar to M. amanicola (Pic, 1905), known from Turkey (? and Syria), in the habitus, but difers in the subparallel- sided and widely rounded at apex aedeagus, smaller and narrower body, iner, sparser and more even punctation of the pronotum leaving free median line, rounded punctures on the sides of the prothorax, deeply engraved at base and weakening toward apex elytral striae, and dark brown antennae and legs. 15 species are transferred from the genus Baris Germar, 1817 to Melanobaris, and Melanobaris longicollis (Faust, 1890) is placed in Aulacobaris.

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