A new species of the genus Sclerocardius Schoenherr, 1847 (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) from Thailand

Legalov, Andrei; Bezborodov, Vitaly G

doi:10.48311/jibs.12.02.405

A new species of the genus Sclerocardius Schoenherr, 1847 (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) from Thailand

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Authors

Andrei Legalov ¹

Vitaly G Bezborodov ²

¹ Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Frunze street-11, Novosibirsk 630091, Russia; Tomsk State University, Prospekt Lenina, 36, Tomsk 634050, Russia; Samarkand State Pedagogical Institute, 166 Spitamen St., Samarkand 140102, Uzbekistan.

² Amur Branch of the Botanical Garden-Institute of the Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Ignatievskoe Shosse 2-d km, Blagoveshchensk 675000 Russia

10.48311/jibs.12.02.405

Abstract

A new species, Sclerocardius lyali sp. nov., is described and illustrated from Mae Hong Son Province, Thailand. The new species is close to Sclerocardius indicus Hartmann, 1903, but differs in the body covered with short setiform yellowish and pale scales, the postero-ventral side of the protibia lacking teeth, a pronotum with quite large punctation, and a narrower aedeagus. This is the first record of Sclerocardius Schoenherr, 1847, from Thailand. A key to Asian species of the genus Sclerocardius is also given.

Graphical Abstract

A new species of the genus Sclerocardius Schoenherr, 1847 (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) from Thailand

Keywords

Curculionoidea

Molytinae

Sclerocardiini

new species

Mae Hong Son Province

Subjects

Taxonomy

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