Biology:Cryptolarynx homaroides

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Cryptolarynx homaroides
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Template:Taxonomy/CryptolarynxCryptolarynx homaroides
Haran, 2023

Cryptolarynx homaroides is a species of beetle of the family Curculionidae. It is found in South Africa, where it is only known from the Springbok area in the Northern Cape province.

Description

Adults reach a length of about 2.3 mm and have an integument black body, with the base of the scapes, tibiae and tarsi reddish reddish.

Etymology

This species name is derived from the genus name of the European Lobster (Homarus gammarus) and refers to the remarkably similar shape of copulatory sclerite in the endophallus of this species.[1]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q131554949 entry