title: Larinus berti sp. n. (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Lixinae) from North Africa.
abstract: A new species, Larinus berti sp. n. is described from Morocco and assigned to subgenus Cryphopus Petri, 1907 (Curculionidae: Lixinae; Lixini). Diagnostic characters of the new species are large size, elongate-ovate body, bisulcate sub-quadrangular rostrum, triangularly raised dorsum of rostrum, flat subgena and submentum, Y-shaped apodeme of sternite VIII of female and thin nodulus of spermatheca.
authors.affiliation: Atatürk University, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Plant Protection, 25240 Erzurum, Turkey.
authors.forename: Levent
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gültekin
authors.forename: Miguel A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Alonso-Zarazaga
keywords: Cryphopus; Curculionidae; Larinus; Lixini; new species; taxonomy