Trigonopterus bornensis

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

Trigonopterus bornensis is a species of flightless weevil in the genus Trigonopterus from Indonesia. The species was described in 2014. The beetle is 2.35–2.81 mm long. It has a dark ferruginous body with light ferruginous antennae and a black pronotum. Endemic to Borneo, where it is known only from around Tanjung Redeb at elevations of 20–30 m (70–100 ft).

Trigonopterus bornensis was described by the entomologist Alexander Riedel in 2014 on the basis of an adult male specimen collected from near Tanjung Redeb on the island of Borneo in Indonesia. The species is named after the island on which it is found.[1]

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