Trigonopterus aeneomicans
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| Trigonopterus aeneomicans | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Curculionidae |
| Genus: | Trigonopterus |
| Species: | T. aeneomicans |
| Binomial name | |
| Trigonopterus aeneomicans Riedel, 2014 | |
Trigonopterus aeneomicans is a species of flightless weevil in the genus Trigonopterus from Indonesia. The species was described in 2014 and is named after the metallic sheen of its elytra. The beetle is 1.90–2.24 mm long. It has reddish-brown antennae and dark reddish-brown legs, while the rest of the body is black with a bronze sheen on the elytra. It is endemic to the Indonesian province of West Nusa Tenggara, where it is found on the islands of Sumbawa and Lombok at elevations of 830–1,350 m (2,720–4,430 ft).
Trigonopterus acuminatus was described by the entomologist Alexander Riedel in 2014 on the basis of an adult male specimen collected from Mount Rinjani on the island of Lombok in Indonesia. The specific spithet is derived from Latin aeneus, meaning "copper" or "bronze", and micans, meaning "shining", referring to the metallic sheen of the species elytra.[1]