Cryptolarynx carinatus

Cryptolarynx carinatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Brachyceridae
Genus:	Cryptolarynx
Species:	C. carinatus
Binomial name
	Cryptolarynx carinatus; Haran, 2023

Cryptolarynx carinatus is a species of beetle of the family Curculionidae. It is found in South Africa, where it is only known from Rondebosch Common and Constantia in Cape Town.

Description

Adults reach a length of about 2.7–3 mm and have an integument black body, with the scapes and tarsi reddish.

Biology

Specimens were collected at the base of Oxalis purpurea plants, in the month of June.

Etymology

The species name refers to the distinct proximal inner carina of the metatibiae in this species.^[1]

References

^ Part of this text is from “Revision of the enigmatic South African Cryptolaryngini (Coleoptera, Curculionidae), with description of a new genus and twenty-two new species” by Haran J.M., et al. This article is licensed under the [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ CC BY 4.0 license

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[1] Part of this text is from “Revision of the enigmatic South African Cryptolaryngini (Coleoptera, Curculionidae), with description of a new genus and twenty-two new species” by Haran J.M., et al. This article is licensed under the [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ CC BY 4.0 license

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