Cryptolarynx endroedyi

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

Cryptolarynx endroedyi is a species of beetle of the family Curculionidae. It is found in South Africa, where it is only known from the Clanwilliam area in the Western Cape province.

Description

Adults reach a length of about 3.6 mm and have an integument black body, with the antennae, tibiae and tarsi reddish.

Biology

Specimens were collected in a flowering meadow.

Etymology

This species is named in honour of Sebastian Endrödy-Younga, coleopterist at the Ditsong National Museum of Natural History.^[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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