Ottistira obrienorum
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Taxonavigation: Curculionoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Curculionidae
Subfamilia: Entiminae
Tribus: Ottistirini
Genus: Ottistira
Species: Ottistira obrienorum
Name[edit]
- Ottistira obrienorum Riedel, 2001: 273–275, figs. 14-15.
- Type locality: Indonesia, Papua, Bommela, ca. 1750 m.
- Holotype: ZSM, ♂, 30.VIII.-1.IX.1992, leg. A.Riedel.
- Etymology: I take great pleasure in naming this species in honor of Drs. Lois and Charles W. O'Brien who started my interest in weevil systematics years ago and who helped me in many ways since then.
References[edit]
- Riedel, A.; O'Brien, C.W. 1995: A new species-group of Ottistira Pascoe from New Guinea (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae: Ottistirini). Invertebrate taxonomy, 9 (2): 247–277. DOI: 10.1071/IT9950247