Asytesta doriae
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| Asytesta doriae from New Guinea. Museum specimen | |
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| Species: | A. doriae
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| Asytesta doriae Kirsch, 1879
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Asytesta doriae is a species of beetles belonging to the family Curculionidae.[1][2]
Taxonomy
[edit]Asytesta [3] is now considered a senior synonym of Zygara[4] and Zygara doriae[5][6][7][8] is returned to its original combination with Asytesta.[1]
Etymology
[edit]The Latin species name doriae has been dedicated to the Italian naturalist Giacomo Doria by the German entomologist Theodor Franz Wilhelm Kirsch.
Distribution
[edit]This species is endemic to the Papua New Guinea and is known only from the Yule Island.[1]
Description
[edit]Asytesta doriae can reach a length of 3.4–4.6 millimetres (0.13–0.18 in). Body is sub-globular, longer than broad, with a deep basal row of puncture on the elytra, a serrate prefemoral tooth, and light reddish-brown antennae and tarsi.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Setliff, Gregory P. (2012). "Revision of Asytesta Pascoe, 1865, with comments on the phylogeny of the Indo-Australian crowned weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Cryptorhynchinae)". Zootaxa. 3462 (1): 1–125. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3462.1.1.
- ^ GP Setliff - 2007 Zootaxa, Annotated checklist of weevils from the Papuan region
- ^ Electronic Catalogue of Weevil names Archived November 28, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Biolib
- ^ Pascoe. 1885. LIST OF THE CURCULIONIDAE OF THE MALAY ARCHIPELAGO COLLECTED by D.' ODOARDO BECCARI , L. M. D'ALBERTIS, and others, in Ann. Mus. Civ. Genova (2) II
- ^ Catalogue of Life
- ^ Encyclopedia of Life
- ^ GBIF