01423nas a2200169   4500008004100000020001400041245012900055210006900184260001500253300001200268490000700280520076800287100002101055700002101076700002101097856013501118       2009                        eng d  a0429-288X00aON RECENTLY COLLECTED SOUTH AFRICAN TYCHIINI AND MECININI, WITH DESCRIPTION OF SEVEN NEW SPECIES (Coleoptera, Curculionidae)0 aRECENTLY COLLECTED SOUTH AFRICAN TYCHIINI AND MECININI WITH DESC  c31 ottobre  a129-1670 v413 aSeventy one species of Tychiini Tychiina and Mecinini collected in South Africa are here reported, among which seven are new: Tychius densevestitus Caldara n. sp.; Tychius saetosipennis Caldara n. sp.; Sibinia incompta Caldara n. sp.; Gymnetron claviger Caldara n. sp.; Gymnetron globiscapus Caldara n. sp.; Gymentron filum Caldara n. sp.; Gymnetron hybridum Caldara n. sp. Were collected females of two species previously known only from males, Tychius helenae Caldara, 1989 and Sibinia youngai Caldara, 1993. The presumable host plant of 18 species is reported for the first time. New data on distribution of several species are also given. The Palaearctic species Mecinus pascuorum (Gyllenhal, 1813) is reported for the first time from the Afrotropical region.1 aCaldara, Roberto1 aColonnelli, Enzo1 aOsella, Giuseppe  uhttps://weevil.myspecies.info/recently-collected-south-african-tychiini-and-mecinini-description-seven-new-species-coleoptera-curc