Cryptolarynx cederbergensis
| Cryptolarynx cederbergensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Brachyceridae |
| Genus: | Cryptolarynx |
| Species: | C. cederbergensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Cryptolarynx cederbergensis Haran, 2023
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Cryptolarynx cederbergensis is a species of beetle of the family Curculionidae. It is found in South Africa, where it is only known from the Cederberg mountains in the Western Cape province.
Description
[edit]Adults reach a length of about 1.9–2.2 mm and have an integument black body, with the basal half of scapes reddish reddish.
Biology
[edit]Specimens were collected in monospecific stands of Oxalis obtusa in the month of August.
Etymology
[edit]This species name refers to the origin of this species, the Cederberg mountains in the Western Cape province.[1]
References
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