Trigonopterus ixodiformis (lat.) Is a species of weevil beetles of the genus Trigonopterus from the subfamily Cryptorhynchinae ( Curculionidae ). Found on the island of New Guinea ( West New Guinea , Manokwari Reg., Mt. Meja, Arfak Mts: 200–685 m) [1] .
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 Weevil Trigonopterus ixodiformis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Trigonopterus ixodiformis Riedel, 2013 |
Description
Small flightless weevils , length from 1.75 to 2.39 mm; mostly black; antennae and paws brown; legs are partially covered with whitish scales. The body is suboval, with a slight constriction between the pronotum and elytra. Antenna apical thickened, club-shaped. Pronotum and elytra finely punctured, smooth and shiny. 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. 222 " [1] .
The species was discovered in a lowland 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