Indian Journal of Entomology
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  • Year: 2023
  • Volume: 85
  • Issue: 1

Redescription of seven genera of the tribe mecysolobini (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Molytinae) from India

  • Author:
  • Tarun Kumar1,2,*, Guru Dayal Ram Guru2, Sreedevi Kolla3
  • Total Page Count: 16
  • Published Online: May 17, 2023
  • Page Number: 52 to 67

1Division of Entomology, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, 110012, India

2Department of Molecular and Cellular Engineering, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Prayagraj, 211007, Uttar Pradesh, India

3Division of Germplasm Collection and Characterization, ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources, Bengaluru, 560024, Karnataka, India

*Email: tarunbiotech246@gmail.com (corresponding author): ORCID ID 0000-0002-5587-5088)

Online Published on 17 May, 2023.

Abstract

Present study reviewed the seven genera of the weevil tribe Mecysolobini Reitter, 1913 of the subfamily Molytinae from India viz., BrahmalcidodesPajni and Dhir, 1987; CylindralcidesHeller, 1918; Merus Giste1, 1857; NeomecyslobusPajni and Dhir, 1987; OrnatalcidesHeller, 1918; SternuchopsisHeller, 1918 and TuberculomecyslobusPajni and Dhir, 1987. A modified key to the genera of tribe from India is also provided. All the taxonomic characters including the genitalia are illustrated, adding to the existing taxonomic knowledge of these taxa.

Keywords

Molytinae, Mecysolobini, Redescription, Identification key, Merus, Oriental region