Two new species of Larinus from Iran (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Lixinae)
Gültekin Levent, Podlussány Attila
Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 52(1): 245-258, 2012
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Abstract: Two new species of the genus Larinus Dejan, 1821 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae:
Lixinae), Larinus iranicus sp. nov. and Larinus zagros sp. nov., are described
from Iran. The first species is classified in the subgenus Larinus s. str., the
second species in Phyllonomeus Gistel, 1856. Both new species are compared with
closely related species and illustrated.
Key words: Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Lixinae, Larinus, taxonomy, new species, Iran, Palaearctic Region