Friday, March 24, 2017

N. 62: L. Diotti & R. Caldara

G. it. Ent., 14 (62): 647-650
March 2017

Leiosoma matesiense n. sp. dei Monti del Matese
(Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Molytinae)

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LUCIANO DIOTTI & ROBERTO CALDARA

Abstract - Leiosoma matesiense n. sp. from the Matese Mountains (Coleoptera, Curculio-nidae, Molytinae) - Leiosoma matesiense, new species closely related to L. oblongulum Boheman, 1842 and L. talamellii Pedroni, 2010, is described from the Matese Mountains (central Italy, Molise), It differs from both especially for the denser punctures of rostrum and pronotum, and the distinctly more pronounced microsculpture of the intervals between the punctures of the pronotum.