Aporhina bispinosa

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Aporhina bispinosa
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Aporhina bispinosa from Papua New Guinea
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Brentidae
Genus: Aporhina
Species:
A. bispinosa
Binomial name
Aporhina bispinosa
Boisduval, 1835

Aporhina bispinosa is a species of Brentidae family, Eurhynchinae subfamily, [1] the latter also being treated as Eurhynchidae family. [2]

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Description

Aporhina bispinosa reaches about 9–10 millimetres (0.35–0.39 in) in length. This beetle has a dark green or blackish coloration and two long thorns in the middle of elytra (hence the Latin name bispinosa).[ citation needed ]

Distribution

This species is known from New Guinea in both Papua New Guinea and Western New Guinea (Indonesia), as well as from some islands off Western New Guinea (Aru Islands and Waigeo Island). [1]

Subspecies

There are five subspecies: [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Setliff, Gregory P. (2007). "Annotated checklist of weevils from the Papuan region (Coleoptera, Curculionoidea)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1536 (1): 1–296. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1536.1.1.
  2. "Aporhina bispinosa Boisduval, 1835". Catalogue of Life . Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 6 September 2024.