Legalov A.A. 2026. Two new species of the genus Orchestes Illiger, 1798 (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) from Northern India with remarks on the systematics of the flea weevils // Euroasian Entomological Journal. Vol.25. No.1: 19–26 [in English].
Altai State University, Lenina Str. 61, Barnaul 656049 Russia. E-mail: fossilweevils@gmail.com
doi 10.15298/euroasentj.25.01.05
ABSTRACT. Two new species, Orchestes (Granulorchestes) uttarakhandensis Legalov, sp.n. and O. (Salius) himalayaensis Legalov, sp.n. from India (Uttarakhand) are described and illustrated. Orchestes (Granulorchestes) uttarakhandensis Legalov, sp.n. differs from O. (G.) pilosus (Fabricius, 1781) in a shorter body, smaller body size, a red-brown body, the sides of the pronotum and elytra without erect setae, and the metafomora armed with several small tubercles. Orchestes (Salius) himalayaensis Legalov, sp.n. is similar to O. (S.) aureus (Pajni et Sood, 1981) but differs in a smaller body size, a wider pronotum and elytra, a narrower aedeagus. The keys to the subtribes of the tribe Rhamphini, to the genera of the subtribe Orchestina with a six-segmented funicle and to the subgenera of the genus Orchestes Illiger, 1798 are given. New status for the subtribe Orchestina Latreille, 1828, stat.n. is given, and subgeneric status of O. (Threticus) Thomson, 1859, stat.res. and O. (Granulorchestes) Legalov, 2007, stat.res. is restored. New combinations for five species, Orchestes (Nomizo) nigricans (Pajni et Sood, 1981), comb.n., O. (Salius) albosetosus (Pajni et Sood, 1981), comb.n., O. (S.) manipurensis (Pajni et Sood, 1981), comb.n., O. (S.) maculatus (Pajni et Sood, 1981), comb.n. and O. (S.) aureus (Pajni et Sood, 1981), comb.n. are proposed.
KEY WORDS: Curculionoidea, Curculioninae, Rhamphini, new species, keys, Uttarakhand.