Euops monstruosus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Curculionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa 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 monstruosus

Name

Euops monstruosus Riedel, 1999: 95.

Type locality: Papua New Guinea, Eastern Highlands Prov. Prov., Okapa, Okasa, 1400-1650 m.

Holotype: BPBM, ♂, 16.I.1956, leg. J.Sedlacek.

Etymology: This epithet is based on the Latin adjective monstruosus (weird, monstrous) and refers to the extraordinary habitus with long humeral spines and powerful profemora.

Synonyms

• Euops monstruosus Riedel, 1999
• Riedelinius monstruosus (Riedel, 1999): Legalov, 2003
• Euops (Riedelinius) monstruosus Riedel, 1999: G.P. Setliff 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.