Trigonopterus cuprescens

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

Trigonopterus cuprescens is a species of flightless weevil in the genus Trigonopterus from Indonesia. The species was described in 2014. The beetle is 2.72–3.05 mm long. The body is black with ferruginous legs and antennae, with the pronotum and elytra showing a strong bronze-coppery sheen. Endemic to West Nusa Tenggara, where it is known from Labuan Bajo on the island of Flores at elevations of 525–955 m (1,720–3,130 ft).

Trigonopterus cuprescens was described by the entomologist Alexander Riedel in 2014 on the basis of an adult male specimen collected from Labuan Bajo on the island of Flores in Indonesia. The specific name is derived from the Latin word cuprescens, meaning 'coppery'.[1]

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