Holcophloeus laurae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Curculionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Cucujiformia Superfamilia: Curculionoidea

Familia: Curculionidae
Subfamilia: Entiminae
Supertribus: Otiorhynchitae
Tribus: Holcorhinini
Genus: Holcophloeus
Species: Holcophloeus laurae

Name

• Holcophloeus laurae Borovec & Meregalli, 2013: 255, figs. 6A–I, 8D, G

Holotype: BMNH{E} 2012-149, ♀, 7.v.2009, R. Borovec collected.

Type locality: MOROCCO: Jbel Bouârfa, 90 km north-west of Figuig, 32°34.990′N, 01°57.728′W, 1547 m.

Etymology: The species is named after Dr Laura Guglielmone, Italian botanist friend of the authors, who took part in the Moroccan trip with them.

References

• Roman Borovec; Fabrizio Menardo; Massimo Meregalli, 2013: A new genus of Entiminae from North Africa, supported by a phylogenetic analysis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae). Zoological journal of the Linnean Society, 167: 243–258, 8 figs. DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12001.