Trigonopterus luwukensis
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Ordo: Coleoptera
Familia: Curculionidae
Genus: Trigonopterus
Name
Trigonopterus luwukensis Riedel sp. n. – Wikispecies link – ZooBank link – Pensoft Profile
Diagnostic description
Holotype, male (Fig. 45a). Length 1.61 mm. Color of antennae light ferruginous; legs and head dark ferruginous; remainder black. Body subovate; in dorsal aspect and in profile with constriction between pronotum and elytron. Rostrum dorsally coarsely punctate-rugose, with median ridge; with sparse rows of suberect setae; epistome indistinct, sparsely punctate. Pronotum with weak subapical constriction; disk coarsely punctate, interspaces reticulate; each puncture with suberect, curved seta. Elytra with striae deeply impressed; each puncture with suberect, curved seta; intervals costate, subglabrous, weakly microreticulate. Meso- and metafemur with small tooth, profemur edentate. Metafemur subapically without stridulatory patch. Abdominal ventrite 5 large, flat, markedly microreticulate. Penis (Fig. 45b) hardly asymmetrical; tip medially weakly extended; basal orifice ventrally simple; apodemes shorter than body of penis (0.6 ×); ductus ejaculatorius with distinct bulbus. Intraspecific variation. Length 1.61–1.82 mm. Female rostrum dorsally subglabrous, densely punctate; epistome indistinct.
Material examined
Holotype (MZB): ARC3274 (EMBL # LN884982), C-Sulawesi Prov., Luwuk, Salodi, Gn. Taluanjang, 00°49.202'S 122°52.395'E, 702 m, sifted, 21-V-2013. Paratypes (MZB, SMNK): 5 exx, ARC3275 (GenBank # MK260406), ARC3276 (GenBank # MK260405), same data as holotype.
Distribution
C-Sulawesi Prov. (Luwuk). Elevation ca. 700 m.
Biology
In leaf litter of lower montane forest.
Etymology
This epithet is a Latinized adjective based on the town of Luwuk.
Notes
Trigonopterus luwukensis Riedel, sp. n. was coded as “Trigonopterus sp. 466”.
Original Description
- Riedel, A; Narakusumo, R; 2019: One hundred and three new species of Trigonopterus weevils from Sulawesi ZooKeys, (828): 1-153. doi
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