Trigonopterus armatus (lat.) Is a species of weevils of the genus Trigonopterus from the subfamily Cryptorhynchinae ( Curculionidae ). They are found on the island of New Guinea (Jayapura Reg., Cyclops Mts. Elevation: 860–1200 m) [1] .
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 Weevil Trigonopterus armatus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Trigonopterus armatus Riedel, 2013 |
Content
- 1 Description
- 2 See also
- 3 notes
- 4 Literature
- 5 Links
Description
Small flightless weevils , length from 2.63 to 3.59 mm; mostly black (mustaches and paws brownish). The body is oval, with almost no constriction between the pronotum and elytra. Pronotum densely punctured. Wings are missing. Rostrum shortened, at rest does not reach the middle of the middle coxae. Elytra with 9 grooves. Claws of legs are small. In earlier works it was referred to as “Trigonopterus sp. 7 " [1] .
The species was discovered in a mountain rainforest. First described in 2013 by German coleopterologist Alexander Riedel ; Museum of Natural History Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe , Germany ), together with entomologists Katayo Sagata; Papua New Guinea Institute for Biological research (PNG-IBR), Goroka, Papua New Guinea ), Suriani Surbakti ( Suriani Surbakti ; Jurusan Biology, FMIPA-Universitas Cendrawasih, Kampus Baru, Jayapura , Papua , Indonesia ), Rene Tänzler ; Zoological State Collection , Munich ) and Michael Balke ( Michael Balke ; Michael Balke ; Maximilians-University , Munich, Germany ) that carried out an audit of the fauna of beetles of the genus Trigonopterus on the island of New Guinea [1] .
See also
- Helaeomyia petrolei - oil fly
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 Riedel, A., Sagata, K., Surbakti, S., Tänzler, R., Balke, M. One hundred and one new species of Trigonopterus weevils from New Guinea (Eng.) // ZooKeys: Journal. - Sofia: Pensoft Publishers, 2013 .-- Vol. 280. - P. 1-150. - ISSN 1313-2970 .
Literature
- Riedel, A. The weevil genus Trigonopterus Fauvel (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) and its synonyms - a taxonomic study on the species tied to its genus-group names (English) // Zootaxa . - 2011 .-- Vol. 2977. - P. 1–49. Preview
Links
- The genus Trigonopterus on the Encyclopedia of Life website, eol.org