Ottistira obrienorum

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: Curculionidae
Subfamilia: Entiminae
Supertribus: Polydrusitae
Tribus: Ottistirini
Genus: Ottistira
Species: Ottistira obrienorum

Name

• Ottistira obrienorum Riedel, 2001: 273–275, figs. 14-15.

Type locality: Indonesia, Papua, Bommela, ca. 1750 m.

Holotype: ZSM, ♂, 30.VIII.-1.IX.1992, leg. A.Riedel.

Etymology: I take great pleasure in naming this species in honor of Drs. Lois and Charles W. O'Brien who started my interest in weevil systematics years ago and who helped me in many ways since then.

References

• Riedel, A.; O'Brien, C.W. 1995: A new species-group of Ottistira Pascoe from New Guinea (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae: Ottistirini). Invertebrate taxonomy, 9 (2): 247–277. DOI: 10.1071/IT9950247