Review of Cape Verde Aphanommata Wollaston, 1873 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Cossoninae) with Description of New Species, Larva and Notes on Biology and Distributional Patterns
2018
Abstrakt
The genus Aphanommata in the Old World is reviewed. Aphanommata kuscheli sp. nov. from SAo Nicolau and A. strakai sp. nov. from Fogo (both Cape Verde islands) are described.
Aphanommata euphorbiarum (Wollaston, 1867) from Santo AntAo in the Cape Verde islands is redescribed and its lectotype is designated. All three Aphanommata species from the Cape Verde islands as well as A. filum (Mulsant and Rey, 1859) from Old World are diagnosed, illustrated, and keyed.
Mature larva of A. kuscheli sp. nov. is described, larval morphology is discussed and the current state of knowledge about immature stages of Cossoninae is summarized. Vertical and inter-insular distributional pattern of Cape Verde Aphanommata and Pselactus is reviewed and discussed.