Acalles iblanensis Stüben, 2015

Schütte, André & Stüben, Peter E., 2015, Molecular systematics and morphological identification of the cryptic species of the genus Acalles Schoenherr, 1825, with descriptions of new species (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Cryptorhynchinae), Zootaxa 3915 (1), pp. 1-51 : 22-23

Acalles iblanensis Stüben sp. n.

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Type material. Holotype. ♂: “ Morocco, M. Atlas, N Imouzzer-des-Marmoucha, Jbel Bou Iblane: Tizi-Bou-Zabel, 33°38'44” N 04°09'18” W, 2275 m, 21.May 2011, Bupleurum, Astragalus , leg. Stüben (44)”, coll. CURCULIO- Institut, D-Mönchengladbach.

Paratypes. 11 ♂, 13 ♀: data as for holotype, coll. Stüben, CURCULIO-Institut, D-Mönchengladbach; 1 ♀: “ Morocco: Middle Atlas, Jbel Bou Iblane, 2279 m, 33°32’736 N 04°09’ 295 W, 11.5.2009, R. Borovec lgt.”, coll. Borovec.

DNAtypes. ♂: data as for holotype, coll. ZFMK: Collectors no: 186-PST_44MO2011, ZFMK-DNA- 100438120, ZFMK-TIS-100440232; GenBank Acc. no CO1: KC783816 , 16S: KJ720538 .

Differential diagnosis. This new species from the Central Atlas ( Morocco) belongs to the Acalles sierrae group (see above) of the subgenus Acalles s. str. It is—from a morphological and molecular perspective—closely related to Acalles asniensis Stüben, 2003 and should be compared with the holotype of this species (coll. CURCULIO-Institute) from the type locality near Asni (High Atlas):

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FIGURES 3 – 7. Acalles iblanensis sp. n., habitus and aedeagus of holotype, distribution map of Acalles sierrae group (Spain to Morocco).