Three new species of flightless Cryptorhynchinae from the Caucasus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
Three new weevil species, Kyklioacalles ocellus Stüben & Astrin, sp. nov., Onyxacalles gibbosus Stüben & Astrin, sp. nov., and Echinodera borjomiensis Stüben & Astrin, sp. nov. are described from the Caucasus (Georgia, Armenia, and Russia) and are distinguished from related species based on morphological and molecular data. The new taxa are included in a phylogram and a CO1 distance matrix is given including the closest species from the Caucasus and the eastern mediterranean region. Acalles reitteri Meyer, 1896 is transferred to the genus Kyklioacalles as Kyklioacalles reitteri (Meyer, 1896) comb. n. based on both morphological and molecular evidence.
Authors
- Jonas J. Astrin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1961-1162)
- Shota Japarashvili (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9674-3719)
- Marine Dallakyan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8269-8227)
- Peter E. Stüben
Institutions
- Ilia State University (GE)
- Seva Foundation (US)
- Leibniz Association (DE)
- Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (DE)
- National Institute of Ecology (IN)
- Curculio Institute (DE)
- Scientific Center of Zoology and Hydroecology (AM)
- Städtische Kliniken Mönchengladbach (DE)
- Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change (DE)
- National Academy of Sciences of Armenia (AM)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Zootaxa
- Published
- 2025-03-06
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5601.2.5
- Primary Topic
- Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00