Hypera kayali sp nov (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Hyperini) from Syria, with bionomic data

Hypera (Dapalinus) kayali sp. nov. from Syria is described and illustrated. An illustrated key to the species of the subgenus Dapalinus Capiomont, 1868 is given. The species most similar externally to H. kayali is H. striata (Boheman, 1834), whose elytral intervals 2, 4 and 6 are dark for their entire length and the remaining elytral intervals reddish or pale. Hypera kayali has a characteristic coloration with the elytra reddish brown interspersed with dark areas on the basal two third of interval 1, the apical quarter of interval 2, the basal third of interval 3, the apical half of interval 4, a short apical part of interval 5 and the whole of interval 6. Bionomic data are provided, including the larval host plant, Vicia palaestina Boiss. ( Fabaceae). Male and female genitalia of H. contaminata ( Herbst 1795), H. dapalis ( Boheman, 1842), H. subvittata ( Capiomont, 1867), and H. striata are illustrated and compared with H. kayali. A summary of the distribution of the members of the subgenus Dapalinus is given.