A New Genus of the Weevil Tribe Hyperini Lacordaire (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) from the Middle East

A new genus Eremohypera gen. n. with the type species Smicronyx alfierii Pic, 1913 from Egypt and Israel and its close relative Eremohypera turkmenica sp. n. from western Turkmenistan is described in the tribe Hyperini. Eremohypera alfierii (Pic, 1913), comb. n. is recorded for the first time from Israel. A female with the characters intermediate between those of Eremohypera alfierii and E. turkmenica is recorded from Iran (Tehran).