Euops fraterculus

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: Paraeuops
Species: Euops fraterculus

Name

• Euops fraterculus Riedel, 2001: 1207–1209, fig. 7.

Type locality: Papua New Guinea, Morobe Prov., Mt. Por, 2300-2500 m.

Holotype: BPBM, ♂, 2-3.XII.1979, Nothofagus, leg. J.L.Gressitt, Acc. #1979.509.

Etymology: This epithet is based on the Latin substantive fraterculus (younger brother) which refers to its presumably close phylogenetic relationship to the much larger species E. platyrostris and E. sedlaceki.

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.
• Riedel, A. 2001: The pygmaeus-group of Euops Schoenherr (Coleoptera, Curculionoidea, Attelabidae), weevils associated with Nothofagus in New Guinea. Journal of Natural History, 35 (8): 1173–1237.
• Setliff, G.P. 2007: Annotated checklist of weevils from the Papuan region (Coleoptera, Curculionoidea). Zootaxa, 1536: 1–296.