Euops fraterculus
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Taxonavigation: Curculionoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Attelabidae
Subfamilia: Attelabinae
Tribus: Euopini
Genus: Euops
Subgenus: Paraeuops
Species: Euops fraterculus
Name[edit]
- Euops fraterculus Riedel, 2001: 1207–1209, fig. 7.
- Type locality: Papua New Guinea, Morobe Prov., Mt. Por, 2300-2500 m.
- Holotype: BPBM, ♂, 2-3.XII.1979, Nothofagus, leg. J.L.Gressitt, Acc. #1979.509.
- Etymology: This epithet is based on the Latin substantive fraterculus (younger brother) which refers to its presumably close phylogenetic relationship to the much larger species E. platyrostris and E. sedlaceki.
References[edit]
- Legalov, A.A. 2003: Taxonomy, classification and phylogeny of the leaf-rolling weevils (Coleoptera: Rhynchitidae: Attelabidae) of the world fauna. Novosibirsk. CD-R. 641 MB. 733 pp.
- Riedel, A. 2001: The pygmaeus-group of Euops Schoenherr (Coleoptera, Curculionoidea, Attelabidae), weevils associated with Nothofagus in New Guinea. Journal of Natural History, 35 (8): 1173–1237.
- Setliff, G.P. 2007: Annotated checklist of weevils from the Papuan region (Coleoptera, Curculionoidea). Zootaxa, 1536: 1–296.