Open AccessTaxonomic relationships between Pachycerus and Rhabdorrhynchus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Lixinae), with descriptions of two new species of Rhabdorrhynchus from the Arabian Peninsula
Author(s) -
MEREGALLI MASSIMO
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
zoological journal of the linnean society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.148
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1096-3642
pISSN - 0024-4082
DOI - 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00335.x
Subject(s) - peninsula , type locality , biology , curculionidae , taxonomy (biology) , type (biology) , zoology , ecology
Taxonomic relationships between Rhabdorrhynchus and Pachycerus are discussed, and two new species of Rhabdorrhynchus are described: Rhabdorrhynchus sauditus (type locality: Saudi Arabia, As Shāqqah al Yamān?yah, 19°42′N, 40°48′E) and Rhabdorrhynchus emir (type locality: United Arab Emirates, Jebel Ali, 24°59′N, 55°43′E). Some hypotheses on the distribution of the new species in the Arabian Peninsula, based on a biogeographical analysis, are proposed. © 2008 The Linnean Society of London, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society , 2008, 152 , 25–37.