The relationship among the Auletobius species of the subgenus Canarauletes and the description of a new species (Attelabidae: Rhynchitinae)
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.21248/contrib.entomol.70.1.189-196Keywords:
Curculionoidea, new species, taxonomy, molecular systematics, morphology, Spain, Portugal, Morocco, Canary Islands, MadeiraAbstract
A new Auletobius species of the subgenus Canarauletes, Auletobius gaditanus spec. nov., is described from southern Spain. The report that the sister taxon Auletobius maroccanus Hoffmann, 1953 (Locus typicus: Morocco, Reggou, Moyen Moulouya) also occurs in Spain (Almeria: Punta del Sabinar) is corrected, because this specimen also belongs to the new species without doubt. In a morphological and molecular differential diagnosis, the new species is distinguished from the closest related species, and for the first time, a molecular relationship analysis (CO1) is presented for almost all species of the subgenus Canarauletes, whose main distribution area is in the Canary Islands and Madeira.
Taxonomic acts
Auletobius gaditanus spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:17F6BFE9-974E-46B2-BA6E-05624044EAD7
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