Cryptolarynx homaroides

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

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

Description

Adults reach a length of about 2.3 mm and have an integument black body, with the base of the scapes, tibiae and tarsi reddish reddish.

Etymology

This species name is derived from the genus name of the European Lobster (Homarus gammarus) and refers to the remarkably similar shape of copulatory sclerite in the endophallus of 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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