Trigonopterus allotopus

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: Cryptorhynchinae
Tribus: Cryptorhynchini
Subtribus: Tylodina
Genus: Trigonopterus
Species: Trigonopterus allotopus

Name

Trigonopterus allotopus Riedel, 2014: 12, fig. 5

Type locality: Indonesia, West Nusa Tenggara Prov., Sumbawa, Batu Dulang, Mt. Batu Pasak, sample 2, S08°37.028', E117°15.783', 1305 m.

Holotype: BZM ARC1513 (EMBL # LM655611), ♂, 12-IV-2010.

Etymology: This epithet is the latinized form of a combination of the Greek adjective allos (foreign) and the noun topos (place). The species marks the Southwestern limit of the T. politus-group´s distribution which is most diverse in the Papuan region.

References

Riedel, A., Tänzler, R., Balke, M., Rahmadi, C. & Suhardjono, Y.R. 2014. Ninety-eight new species of Trigonopterus weevils from Sundaland and the Lesser Sunda Islands. ZooKeys 467: 1–162. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.467.8206 Reference page. [original description: p. 12, fig. 5]