An Integrative Taxonomic Classification And Description Of Two New Cryptorhynchinae From Northwest Africa (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

Two new species, Acalles romani and Echinodera philippei, are described from Algeria and Morocco and are distinguished from related species. They are incorporated in the current key to the North African Acalles and Echinodera species. In addition to morphological characters, first molecular results (DNA barcoding) are presented. The new taxa are included in phylogram of the most closely related species from Northwest Africa, Spain, Italy and the Iberian Peninsula.