Trigonopterus dacrycarpi

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

Trigonopterus dacrycarpi is a species of flightless weevil in the genus Trigonopterus from Indonesia. The species was described in 2014 and is named after the conifer genus Dacrycarpus, as specimens of the weevil were usually found under trees of this genus. The beetle is 2.36–3.06 mm long. The body is mainly ferruginous, with the dorsal surface of the head and pronotum being dark ferruginous, and the center of the elytra being black with a bronze sheen. Endemic to the Lesser Sunda Islands, where it is known from the islands of Sumbawa and Flores at elevations of 1,270–1,730 m (4,170–5,680 ft).

Trigonopterus dacrycarpi 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 species is named after the conifer genus Dacrycarpus, as specimens of the weevil were usually found under trees of this genus.[1]

T. dacrycarpi is part of the T. dimorphus species group. The two populations of the species (from Sumbawa and Flores) have a 7.5–9.7% p-distance difference, but no noticeable morphological differences.[1]

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