Trigonopterus scitulus
Appearance
Trigonopterus scitulus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Curculionidae |
Genus: | Trigonopterus |
Species: | T. scitulus
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Binomial name | |
Trigonopterus scitulus Riedel, 2019
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Trigonopterus scitulus is a species of flightless weevil in the genus Trigonopterus from Indonesia.
Description
[edit]The species is endemic to Sulawesi in Indonesia. The species was described in May 2019.Riedel, Alexander; Narakusumo, Raden Pramesa (2019-03-07). "One hundred and three new species of Trigonopterus weevils from Sulawesi". ZooKeys (828): 1–153. doi:10.3897/zookeys.828.32200. ISSN 1313-2989. PMC 6418079. PMID 30940991.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ "Star Wars and Asterix characters amongst 103 beetles new to science from Sulawesi, Indonesia". ScienceDaily. Retrieved 2020-02-18.