Cryptolarynx homaroides


Cryptolarynx homaroides is a species of beetle of the family Curculionidae. It is found in South Africa, where it is only known from the Springbok area in the Northern Cape province.

Description

Adults reach a length of about 2.3 mm and have an integument black body, with the base of the scapes, tibiae and tarsi reddish reddish.

Etymology

This species name is derived from the genus name of the European Lobster and refers to the remarkably similar shape of copulatory sclerite in the endophallus of this species.