title: A new species of Oromia (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) from the Canary Islands.
abstract: The weevil Oromia thoracica n. sp. from Gran Canaria (Canary Islands) is described and compared to its closest allies. It can easily be distinguished by less sculptured elytra, its differently shaped antennal scrobe, and by the pronotum not constricted anteriorly and expanded over the head. Some ecological data are also provided, and considerations on the fauna occurring in the mesovoid shallow substratum (MSS) from the locality of this new species are made. Additional records and comments on other Oromia species as well as an identification key to the species of the genus are given.
authors.affiliation: Calle Chopin 1, 38208 La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain.; Email: antonio.machado@telefonica.net.
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Machado
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Biología Animal (Zoología), Universidad de La Laguna. C/ Astrofísico Fco. Sánchez 3. 38206 La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain. Island Ecology and Evolution Research Group. IPNA-CSIC. C/ Astrofísico Fco. Sánchez 3. 38206 La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain Grupo de Investigaciones Entomológicas de Tenerife (GIET). C/ San Eulogio, 15, 1º. 38108 La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain; Email: herilope@ull.es.
authors.forename: Heriberto
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: López
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D013030:Spain; D048889:Weevils / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification*