Asytesta doriae
Species of beetle
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Asytesta doriae is a species of beetles belonging to the family Curculionidae.[1][2]
| Asytesta doriae | |
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| Asytesta doriae from New Guinea. Museum specimen | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Curculionidae |
| Genus: | Asytesta |
| Species: | A. doriae |
| Binomial name | |
| Asytesta doriae Kirsch, 1879 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Taxonomy
Etymology
The Latin species name doriae has been dedicated to the Italian naturalist Giacomo Doria by the German entomologist Theodor Franz Wilhelm Kirsch.
Distribution
This species is endemic to the Papua New Guinea and is known only from the Yule Island.[1]