Typoderus telamon, Grebennikov, 2021

Grebennikov, Vasily V., 2021, Sky islands of the Cameroon Volcanic Line support the westernmost clade of five new Typoderus weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Molytinae), Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny 79, pp. 57-74 : 57

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/asp.79.e66021

publication LSID

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persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/73A586EF-632B-4BEE-B3F1-B7A45A96E799

taxon LSID

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scientific name

Typoderus telamon
status

sp. nov.

4.2.6. Typoderus telamon sp. nov. Figs 1 View Figure 1 , 2 View Figure 2 , 3 View Figure 3 , 4 View Figure 4 , 9A-H. View Figure 9

Species diagnosis and description.

Holotype male (Figs 9A-H View Figure 9 ), length between anterior edge of pronotum and elytral apex 6.5 mm, DNA barcode: MH917901. Diagnostic combination of morphological characters as in Table 4 View Table 4 . Sister clade to T. canthus sp. nov. (Fig. 3 View Figure 3 ).

Material examined.

Holotype male ( CNC): " CAMEROON, Mt. Kupe , 4.8193, 9.7075, 1525m, 29.xii.2015, sift.CM13, V.Grebennikov ", “CNCCOLVG00009533” GoogleMaps . Paratypes ( CNC): 4, as in Fig. 3 View Figure 3 ; specimen 9534: same data as holotype; specimens 9657, 9729 and 9730: " CAMEROON, Mt. Kupe , 4.8017, 9.7015, 1977m, 29.xii.2015, sift.CM15, V.Grebennikov " GoogleMaps .

Distribution.

Known only from Mt. Kupe in Cameroon, in sympatry with T. iphitus sp. nov. Elevation: 1,525-1,977 m.

Etymology.

Telamon, from ancient Greek mythology, one of the Argonauts, father of Ajax the great; noun in apposition.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Curculionidae

Genus

Typoderus