Euops armatus

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 armatus

Name

Euops armatus Riedel, 1999

Type locality: Indonesia, Papua, Nalca area, Okloma, 1650-1800 m.

Holotype: ZSM, ♂, 30.IX-1.X.1993, leg. A.Riedel.

Etymology: This epithet is based on the Latin participle armatus (armed) and refers to both the long humeral spines and the armature of the male profemur.

Synonyms

• Euops armatus Riedel, 1999
• Riedelinius armatus (Riedel, 1999): Legalov, 2003
• Euops (Riedelinius) armatus 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.