Trigonopterus attenboroughi
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Ordo: Coleoptera
Familia: Curculionidae
Genus: Trigonopterus
Name
Trigonopterus attenboroughi Riedel sp. n. – Wikispecies link – ZooBank link – Pensoft Profile
Diagnostic description
Holotype, male (Fig. 11a). Length 2.14 mm. Color ferruginous, head and pronotum darker, almost black. Body in dorsal aspect subovate, with weak constriction between pronotum and elytron; in profile dorsally convex. Rostrum with median and pair of submedian ridges; intervening furrows with rows of sparse suberect scales; epistome with subangulate ridge. Pronotum with disk densely punctate, reticulate; each puncture containing small recumbent scale. Elytra with striae distinct, with small punctures; intervals weakly costate, subglabrous; elytral apex subtruncate. Femora with crenate anteroventral ridge. Profemur in basal third with crenate posteroventral ridge. Metafemur subapically with stridulatory patch. Dorsal edge of tibiae with subbasal angulation, dentate in pro- and mesotibia. Abdominal ventrites 1–2 concave, forming common cavity, subglabrous, anteriorly with sparse row of long erect narrow scales; laterally with distinct rim; abdominal ventrite 2 in profile projecting dentiform; abdominal ventrite 5 with large round concavity, basally and laterally punctate. Penis (Fig. 11b) with sides of body slightly diverging; with pair of large orificial sclerites, slightly more basad with pair of smaller, darker sclerites; apex with distinct median incision; transfer apparatus spiniform; apodemes 2.2 × as long as body; ductus ejaculatorius without distinct bulbus. Intraspecific variation. Length 2.14–2.63 mm. Female unknown.
Material examined
Holotype (MZB): ARC2543 (EMBL # LM655880), W-Kalimantan Prov., Bengkayan, Suka-Bangun, Mt. Bawang, sample 5, N00°54.103', E109°22.515', 652 m, 11-XII-2011 (MZB). Paratypes (SMNK): 1 ex, ARC2542 (EMBL # LM655879), same data as holotype.
Distribution
W-Kalimantan Prov. (Mt. Bawang). Elevation: 652 m.
Etymology
This species is named in honour of Sir David F. Attenborough in recognition of his outstanding documentaries on natural history.
Notes
Trigonopterus attenboroughi Riedel, sp. n. was coded as “Trigonopterus sp. 366” by Tänzler et al. (2014)[1].
Original Description
- Riedel, A; Tänzler, R; Balke, M; Rahmadi, C; Suhardjono, Y; 2014: Ninety-eight new species of Trigonopterus weevils from Sundaland and the Lesser Sunda Islands ZooKeys, (467): 1-162. doi
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Other References
- ↑ Tänzler R, Toussaint E, Suhardjono Y, Balke M, Riedel A (2014) Multiple transgressions of Wallace’s Line explain diversity of flightless Trigonopterus weevils on Bali. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 281: 20132528. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2013.2528
