Cerobates tristriatus
| Cerobates tristriatus | |
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| Cerobates tristriatus from Enggano Island | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Brentidae |
| Genus: | Cerobates |
| Species: | C. tristriatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Cerobates tristriatus Lund, 1800
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Cerobates tristriatus is a species of beetles belonging to the family Brentidae.[1]
Description
[edit]Cerobates tristriatus can reach a length of about 7 millimetres (0.28 in). Females lay eggs on the surface of decayed bark of sapwood, where the larvae construct radial galleries.[2]
Distribution
[edit]This species is widely distributed from Sri Lanka to Australia.[3][4][5]
References
[edit]- ^ Catalogue of life
- ^ Richard A.B. Leschen,Rolf G. Beutel Morphology and Systematics: Coleoptera, Beetles
- ^ ITIS
- ^ E. Zimmerman Australian Weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea) II: Brentidae, Eurhynchidae)
- ^ Alessandra Sforzi The Straight-snouted Weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea, Brentidae) of Papua Indonesia
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