Conotrachelusterryerwini, a majestic new species of Curculionidae (Molytinae, Conotrachelini) from Costa Rica

A very large, new, and distinctive species of Conotrachelus Dejean is described from Área de Conservación Guanacaste, Costa Rica. Conotrachelusterryerwinisp. nov. (type locality Volcan Orosi, Estación Biológica Maritza, Guanacaste, Costa Rica) is described and named in honor of Terry L. Erwin (1940–...

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Autor principal: Anderson, Robert S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pensoft Publishers 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8222250/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34183889
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1044.62722
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description A very large, new, and distinctive species of Conotrachelus Dejean is described from Área de Conservación Guanacaste, Costa Rica. Conotrachelusterryerwinisp. nov. (type locality Volcan Orosi, Estación Biológica Maritza, Guanacaste, Costa Rica) is described and named in honor of Terry L. Erwin (1940–2020), famed carabidologist and biodiversity champion. This majestic species is easily distinguished by its large body size (15–20 mm) and extremely long rostrum (especially in females).
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spelling pubmed-82222502021-06-27 Conotrachelusterryerwini, a majestic new species of Curculionidae (Molytinae, Conotrachelini) from Costa Rica Anderson, Robert S. Zookeys Research Article A very large, new, and distinctive species of Conotrachelus Dejean is described from Área de Conservación Guanacaste, Costa Rica. Conotrachelusterryerwinisp. nov. (type locality Volcan Orosi, Estación Biológica Maritza, Guanacaste, Costa Rica) is described and named in honor of Terry L. Erwin (1940–2020), famed carabidologist and biodiversity champion. This majestic species is easily distinguished by its large body size (15–20 mm) and extremely long rostrum (especially in females). Pensoft Publishers 2021-06-16 /pmc/articles/PMC8222250/ /pubmed/34183889 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1044.62722 Text en https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the CC0 Public Domain Dedication.
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Conotrachelusterryerwini, a majestic new species of Curculionidae (Molytinae, Conotrachelini) from Costa Rica
title Conotrachelusterryerwini, a majestic new species of Curculionidae (Molytinae, Conotrachelini) from Costa Rica
title_full Conotrachelusterryerwini, a majestic new species of Curculionidae (Molytinae, Conotrachelini) from Costa Rica
title_fullStr Conotrachelusterryerwini, a majestic new species of Curculionidae (Molytinae, Conotrachelini) from Costa Rica
title_full_unstemmed Conotrachelusterryerwini, a majestic new species of Curculionidae (Molytinae, Conotrachelini) from Costa Rica
title_short Conotrachelusterryerwini, a majestic new species of Curculionidae (Molytinae, Conotrachelini) from Costa Rica
title_sort conotrachelusterryerwini, a majestic new species of curculionidae (molytinae, conotrachelini) from costa rica
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8222250/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34183889
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1044.62722
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