Euops gressitti

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Curculionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Cucujiformia Superfamilia: Curculionoidea

Familia: Attelabidae
Subfamilia: Attelabinae
Tribus: Euopini
Genus: Euops
Subgenus: Euops (Riedelinius)
Species: Euops gressitti

Name

Euops gressitti Riedel, 1999: 89.

Type locality: Papua New Guinea, Southern Highlands Prov., Mt. Giluwe, 2500 m.

Holotype: BPBM, ♂, 06.VI.1963, leg. J.Sedlacek.

Etymology: This species is named in honor of the late Dr J.L. Gressitt in recognition of his enormous contribution to the entomology of New Guinea and the Pacific Islands. He had not only collected many specimens used in this study, but also initiated other entomologists´ work in this region.

Synonyms

• Riedelinius gressitti (Riedel, 1999): Legalov, 2003
• Euops (Riedelinius) gressitti Riedel, 1999: Setliff, G.P. 2007 [downgrading of Riedelinius as subgenus of Euops]

References

Primary references

• Riedel, A. 1999. The spinosus-group of Euops Schoenherr (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea, Attelabidae), weevils with humeral spines from New Guinea. Entomologica scandinavica 30: 75–117. DOI: 10.1163/187631200X00219. . Reference page. 

Secondary references

• 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.
• Setliff, G.P. 2007. Annotated checklist of weevils from the Papuan region (Coleoptera, Curculionoidea). Zootaxa 1536: 1–296.