title: Description of a new species of Bothinodroctonus Schedl, 1969 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Scolytinae) from Africa.
abstract: A new species of Bothinodroctonus in the tribe Polygraphini is described from Gambia and Kenya. This is the first representative of the genus in Afrotropical region. A holotype based description contains also the intraspecific variety of the newly described species based on available specimens and differential diagnoses to species within the genus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Forest Protection, Forestry and Game Management Research Institute Jíloviště - Strnady, CZ 156 04 Praha 5 - Zbraslav, Czech Republic.; Email: knizek@vulhm.cz.
authors.forename: Miloš
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Knížek
authors.affiliation: Department of Bioinformatics and Genomic Research, Saint Petersburg State Forest Technical University, Institutsky per., 5, St. Petersburg, 194021, Russia Department of Biochemistry, Saint Petersburg State University, Universitetskaya nab., 7/9, St. Petersburg, 199034, Russia; Email: michail@MM13666.spb.edu.
authors.forename: Michail
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mandelshtam
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development; D000818:Animals; D049628:Body Size; D005260:Female; D005714:Gambia; D007630:Kenya; D008297:Male; D009929:Organ Size; D048889:Weevils / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development