Eur. J. Entomol. 117: 442-462, 2020 | DOI: 10.14411/eje.2020.048

Oxymorus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae: Oosomini), a new genus with nine new species from South AfricaOriginal article

Roman BOROVEC1, Massimo MEREGALLI2
1 Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Department of Forest Protection and Entomology, Kamýcká 1176, 165 21 Praha 6 - Suchdol, Czech Republic; e-mail: romanborovec@mybox.cz
2 Department of Life Sciences and Systems Biology, University of Turin, Via Accademia Albertina 13, 10123 Torino, Italy; e-mail: massimo.meregalli@unito.it

A new genus Oxymorus Borovec & Meregalli gen. n., belonging to the tribe Oosomini Lacordaire, 1863 of the curculionid subfamily Entiminae, is described. It includes nine new species, all from South Africa: Oxymorus uitkyk sp. n., type species, O. antennalis sp. n., O. johnprinei sp. n., O. minor sp. n., O. obesus sp. n., O. oculatus sp. n., O. rikae sp. n., O. strictifrons sp. n. and O. sulcaticollis sp. n. All species are illustrated and keyed.

Keywords: Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Entiminae, Oosomini, taxonomy, new genus, new species, South Africa

Received: June 3, 2020; Revised: September 24, 2020; Accepted: September 24, 2020; Published online: November 16, 2020  Show citation

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BOROVEC, R., & MEREGALLI, M. (2020). Oxymorus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae: Oosomini), a new genus with nine new species from South Africa. EJE, 117, Article 442-462. https://doi.org/10.14411/eje.2020.048
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