Astycus cinnamomeus

Astycus cinnamomeus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Phytophaga
Superfamily:	Curculionoidea
Family:	Curculionidae
Genus:	Astycus
Species:	A. cinnamomeus
Binomial name
Astycus cinnamomeus Marshall, 1916

Astycus cinnamomeus, is a species of weevil found in Sri Lanka. ^{[1] [2]}

Description

This species has a body length is about 6.5 to 8 mm. Body black. Head and prothorax less dense, and covered with greyish brown scales. Head scarcely punctate, with a deep central furrow ascending to the vertex. Eyes are oval and prominent. Rostrum broad, and slightly narrowed in front. Ventrum with fairly dense whitish scales. Antennae piceous. Prothorax broader than long, with moderately rounded lateral sides. Scutellum is small, transverse, and covered with dense overlapping whitish scales. Elytra broadly ovate, broader and more convex. Elytra with small, nearly always contiguous, opaque, cinnamon brown scales. These scales have varying shapes, such as ovate, triangular or irregularly quadrilateral. Legs piceous, with brown and whitish scales. All the scales on the sternum and venter are clothed with minute hairs. ^[3]

References

1. Poorani, J.; Ramamurthy, V. V. (1997-01-01). "Weevils of the genus Lepropus Schoenherr from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae)". Oriental Insects. 31: 1–82. doi:10.1080/00305316.1997.10433751 . Retrieved 2021-08-16.
2. "Astycus cinnamomeus Marshall, 1916". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2021-08-16.
3. "THE FAUNA OF BRITISH INDIA, INCLUDING CEYLON AND BURMA: COLEOPTERA. RHYNCHOPHORA :-CURCULIONIDaE" (PDF). faunaofindia. Retrieved 2021-08-15.