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: Curculionidae
Subfamilia: Entiminae
Tribus: Ottistirini
Genus: Ottistira
Species: Ottistira ascendens

Name

  • Ottistira ascendens Riedel, 2001: 257–263, fig. 4.
Type locality: Indonesia, Papua, Oranje-Mts., Eipomek-Langda, 3500 m.
Holotype: ZSM , ♂, 23-24.viii.1992, leg. A.Riedel.
Etymology: This epithet is based on the Latin verb ascendere (= to climb up) and refers to its occurrence in a subalpine habitat at an altitude of 3500 m.


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
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