Trigonopterus cupreus

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

Trigonopterus cupreus is a species of flightless weevil in the genus Trigonopterus from Indonesia. The species was described in 2014. The beetle is 2.43–3.05 mm long. The legs, head, and ventral surface are ferruginous, while the pronotum and elytra are coppery-reddish. Endemic to West Nusa Tenggara, where it is known from Batu Dulang and Tepal on the island of Sumbawa at elevations of 1,305–1,350 m (4,280–4,430 ft).

Trigonopterus cupreus was described by the entomologist Alexander Riedel in 2014 on the basis of an adult male specimen collected from Batu Dulang on the island of Sumbawa in Indonesia. The specific name is derived from the Latin word cupreus, meaning "copper-colored".[1]

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