Trigonopterus monteithi

Trigonopterus monteithi Riedel, holotype

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 monteithi

Name

• Trigonopterus monteithi Riedel, 2016: 137–140, fig. 23.

Type locality: Australia, Queensland, Kuranda, Saddle Mountain Road, S16° 48.836´ E145° 39.580´, sample 3, 586 m.

Holotype: QMB, ARC3717 (EMBL # LN888199), ♂, 31-III-2014.

Etymology: This species is named in honor of Geoff Monteith (Brisbane), who collected the majority of the new Australian Trigonopterus species for the first time and whose help was essential for the success of this study.

References

• Riedel, A. & Tänzler, R. 2016. Revision of the Australian species of the weevil genus Trigonopterus Fauvel. ZooKeys 556: 97–162. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.556.6126. Reference page.  [original description: pp. 137-140, fig. 23]