Cryptolarynx spinicornis is a species of beetle of the family Curculionidae. It is found in South Africa, where it occurs in the Vanrhynsdorp area and up to 1500 meters above sea level on the Great Escarpment near Sutherland.
Description Adults reach a length of about 1.7–3 mm and have an integument black body, with the antennae, tarsi and sometimes tibiae reddish.
Biology Specimens were collected at the bases of plants of Oxalis cf. luteola and O. cf. odorata at sites where Oxalis obtusa was also present.
Etymology This species name is derived from the Latin nouns spina (meaning spine) and cornu (meaning horn, antenna) and refers to the teeth on funicle segments 2 and 4 in this species.Part of this text is from “Revision of the enigmatic South African Cryptolaryngini (Coleoptera, Curculionidae), with description of a new genus and twenty-two new species” by Haran J.M., et al. This article is licensed under the [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ CC BY 4.0 license
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