Treptoplatypus solidus
Appearance
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Curculionidae |
Subfamily: | Platypodinae |
Tribe: | Platypodini |
Genus: | Treptoplatypus |
Species: | T. solidus
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Binomial name | |
Treptoplatypus solidus (Walker, 1859)
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Treptoplatypus solidus, is a species of weevil found in Asia and Australia.[1]
Description
[edit]Body length is about 0.20 mm. Female with pitted area almost V-shaped in outline. There are about 50 pits. The inner process of the pit is slender and small. Male is without any integumentary pits in pronotum. Forecoxal and mesocoxal cavities are mycetangium-shaped.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Treptoplatypus solidus (Walker, 1859)". www.agric.wa.gov.au. Retrieved 2021-08-26.
- ^ Nakashima, T. (1975). "Several types of the mycetangia found in platypodid ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera: Platypodidae)". Insecta Matsumura. Retrieved 2021-08-26.