The Laparocerus Schoenherr, 1834 from the Eastern Canaries, Salvage Islands and Morocco (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Entiminae)

Publication Type:Journal Article
:2011
Authors:A. Machado
Journal:Graellsia
Volume:67
Pagination:205-241
Date Published:julio-diciembre
:0367-5041
:Laparocerus, Laparocerus calvus, Laparocerus colonnellii, Laparocerus curvipes famara, Laparocerus fraterculus, Laparocerus garretai albosquamosus, Laparocerus longipennis, Laparocerus maxorata, Laparocerus rasus, Laparocerus rasus betancor, Laparocerus rasus jandiensis, Laparocerus susicus, Laparocerus susicus inexpectatus, Laparocerus susicus montanus, Laparocerus xericola
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This contribution to the knowledge of the genus Laparocerus Schoenherr, 1834 in Macaronesia concerns species from the Eastern Canaries, Salvage Islands and Morocco. Laparocerus rasus Wollaston, 1864 is redescribed and two new subspecies localised in Fuerteventura are ascribed to it: L. rasus betancor n. spp. and L. rasus jandiensis n. ssp. Several new species are described from that same island: L. maxorata n. sp., L. colonnellii n. sp., L. calvus n. sp., L. xericola n. sp., L. fraterculus n. sp., and L. longipennis n. sp.; from the island of Lanzarote L. curvipes famara n. ssp., and from the Selvage Islands L. garretai albosquamosus n. spp. The only confirmed species form Morocco, Laparocerus susicus (Escalera, 1914), is redescribed and L. susicus montanus n. spp., from the interior, and L. susicus inexpectatus nov. nom., from the coastal region of Tiznit are assigned to it. A retro-colonization from the Canary Islands to the continent is hypothesized for this Moroccan species. Doubtful records and unresolved species are commented on, and keys in Spanish and English for identifying all Laparocerus inhabiting this geographical context are provided.

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