Trigonopterus batukarensis

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Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Insecta
Suborder:Polyphaga
Trigonopterus batukarensis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Curculionidae
Genus: Trigonopterus
Species:
T. batukarensis
Binomial name
Trigonopterus batukarensis
Riedel, 2014

Trigonopterus batukarensis is a species of flightless weevil in the genus Trigonopterus from Indonesia. The species was described in 2014. The beetle is 2.48–2.78 mm long. It is mostly black, except for the ferruginous antennae and legs. Endemic to Bali, where it is known only from Mount Batukaru at elevations of 835–1,310 m (2,740–4,300 ft).

Trigonopterus batukarensis was described by the entomologist Alexander Riedel in 2014 on the basis of an adult male specimen collected from Mount Batukaru on the island of Bali in Indonesia. The species is named its type locality.[1]

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