Ottistira tumidirostris

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 tumidirostris

Name

• Ottistira tumidirostris Riedel, 2001: 265–267, fig. 13.

Type locality: Papua New Guinea, Southern highland province, E. of Mendi, Anga Gorge.

Holotype: BPBM, ♂, 14.X.1958, leg. J.L. Gressitt.

Etymology: This epithet is a compound of the latin adjective tumidus,-a,-um (swollen) and the latin noun rostrum (snout) and refers to the apically swollen rostrum.

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