Cryptolarynx pilipes

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

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

Description

Adults reach a length of about 3.4–3.7 mm and have an integument black body, with the antennae and tarsi reddish.

Biology

Specimens were collected in October from Arctotheca calendula.

Etymology

This species name is derived from the Latin nouns pilus (meaning hair) and pes (meaning foot) and refers to the fringe of long setae on the metatibiae of the 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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