Euops fraterculus


Taxonavigation

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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

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  • 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

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  • 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.