Abstract

Exrhynchites storozhenkoi sp. n. is described and illustrated from North Vietnam. The new species differs from other congeners in the body without metallic blue luster, cowered with dense yellow-brown hairs, and sclerotized armament of the endophallus.

Highlights

  • The tribe Deporaini is a specialized group of the subfamily Rhynchitinae, which is characterized by the gastral spicula directed to left – forward, exposed a part of the propygidium and pygidium, and one- or two-segmented labial palpi (Sawada, 1993; Legalov, 2007)

  • The new species differs from other congeners in the body without metallic blue luster, cowered with dense yellow-brown hairs, and sclerotized armament of the endophallus

  • The tribe Deporaini is a specialized group of the subfamily Rhynchitinae, which is characterized by the gastral spicula directed to left – forward, exposed a part of the propygidium and pygidium, and one- or two-segmented labial palpi (Sawada, 1993; Legalov, 2007)

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Introduction

The tribe Deporaini is a specialized group of the subfamily Rhynchitinae, which is characterized by the gastral spicula directed to left – forward, exposed a part of the propygidium and pygidium, and one- or two-segmented labial palpi (Sawada, 1993; Legalov, 2007) The species of this tribe either develop in sprouts or buds, mining a leaf, or roll leaves in tubes for the larvas (Legalov, 2004).

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