title: A new genus and nine new species of Eugnomini (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) from New Caledonia.
abstract: The genus Rasilinus gen. n. is described (type species Rasilinus tchambicus sp. n.). Nine new species: Rasilinus bicolor sp. n., Rasilinus bifurcatus sp. n., Rasilinus bimaculatus sp. n., Rasilinus grandidens sp. n., Rasilinus longulus sp. n., Rasilinus subgemellus sp. n., Rasilinus subnodulus sp. n., Rasilinus tchambicus sp. n., Rasilinus virgatus sp. n. are described from New Caledonia. Illustrations of the external morphology, male and female terminalia, dorsal habitus colour photographs of the adults, key to species and distribution map of the new genus Rasilinus are provided.
authors.affiliation: Center for Biodiversity Studies, Department of Biosystematics, Opole University, Oleska 22; 45-052 Opole, Poland.
authors.forename: Miłosz A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Mazur
keywords: Coleoptera; Curculionidae; Curculioninae; Eugnomini; New Caledonia; Rasilinus; distribution; key to species; new genus; new species