Euops aculeatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Curculionoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Superfamilia: Curculionoidea

Familia: Attelabidae
Subfamilia: Attelabinae
Tribus: Euopini
Genus: Euops
Subgenus: Euops (Riedelinius)
Species: Euops aculeatus

Name

Euops aculeatus Riedel, 1999: 102.

Type locality: Papua New Guinea, Enga Prov., Kepilam [19 km SE Laiagem], 2420-2540 m.

Holotype: BPBM , ♂, 21.VI.1963, leg. J.Sedlacek.

Etymology: This epithet is based on the Latin adjective aculeatus (spiny) and refers to both the long humeral spines and the armature of the male profemur.

Synonyms

Euops aculeatus Riedel, 1999
Riedelinius aculeatus (Riedel, 1999): Legalov, 2003
Euops (Riedelinius) aculeatus Riedel, 1999: G.P. Setliff 2007 [downgrading of Riedelinius as subgenus of Euops]

References

Primary references

Riedel, A. 1999. The spinosus-group of Euops Schoenherr (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea, Attelabidae), weevils with humeral spines from New Guinea. Entomologica scandinavica 30: 75–117. DOI: 10.1163/187631200X00219 . Reference page.

Secondary references

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.
Setliff, G.P. 2007: Annotated checklist of weevils from the Papuan region (Coleoptera, Curculionoidea). Zootaxa, 1536: 1–296.

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