Trigonopterus echinatus

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Trigonopterus echinatus
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Superfamily:
Curculionoidea
Family:
Curculionidae
Subfamily:
Cryptorhynchinae
Genus:
Trigonopterus
Species:
T. echinatus
Binomial name
Trigonopterus echinatus
Riedel, 2014

Trigonopterus echinatus is a species of flightless weevil in the genus Trigonopterus from Indonesia. [1]

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Etymology

The specific name is derived from the Latin word echinatus , meaning "prickly". It refers to the species' spiny scales. [1]

Description

Individuals measure 1.72–2.04 mm in length. Body is slightly oval in shape. General coloration black, dull on the pronotum and with a bronze tint on the elytra, head and legs rust-colored. The elytra is patterned with deep punctures, each accompanied by a spine-like scale. [1]

Range

The species is found around elevations of 990–1,314 metres (3,248–4,311 ft) on Mount Payung and Mount Sawal in the Indonesian province of West Java. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Riedel, Alexander; Tänzler, Rene; Balke, Michael; Rahmadi, Cahyo; Suhardjono, Yayuk R. (22 December 2014). "Ninety-eight new species of Trigonopterus weevils from Sundaland and the Lesser Sunda Islands". ZooKeys . Pensoft (467): 1–162. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.467.8206 . PMC   4296478 . PMID   25610340.


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