Alcidodes texatus
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| Alcidodes texatus Haaf, 1960
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Alcidodes texatus, is a species of weevil found in Sri Lanka.[1][2][3]
Description
[edit]This small, slender species has a body length is about 6.5 to 8 mm. Body black, where the antennae and legs are black or reddish brown. Body covered with whitish-yellow scales. Pronotum with 3 longitudinal stripes dorsally. Elytra with a straight longitudinal stripe. Proboscis narrow and cylindrical, and widened at the root and tip which slightly downwards bent over. Pronotal puncturation fine and moderately dense. Forehead and trunk slightly convex. Pronotum transverse, and shiny granules. Eye lobes slightly developed. Elytra wider than the pronotum.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Alcidodes texatus Haaf, 1960". www.gbif.org (in Chinese). Retrieved 2021-08-12.
- ^ "A CHECKLIST OF WEEVILS OF THE TRIBE MECYSOLOBINI (COLEOPTERA: CURCULIONIDAE: MOLYTINAE)". Oriental Insects, Vol. 44: 271-336, 2010. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
- ^ "SCAN - Alcidodes texatus". scan-bugs.org. Retrieved 2021-08-12.
- ^ "Die Alcidodes der Insel Ceylon (Col. Cure.)" (PDF). Haaf: Die Alcidodes der Insel Ceylon (Col. Cure.). Retrieved 2021-08-08.
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