Trigonopterus asterix

Trigonopterus asterix is a species of flightless weevil in the genus Trigonopterus from Indonesia.[2]

Trigonopterus asterix
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Curculionidae
Genus: Trigonopterus
Species:
T. asterix
Binomial name
Trigonopterus asterix
Riedel, 2019[1]

Description

The species is endemic to Sulawesi in Indonesia. The species was described in May 2019.Riedel, Alexander; Narakusumo, Raden Pramesa (2019-03-07). "One hundred and three new species of Trigonopterus weevils from Sulawesi". ZooKeys (828): 1–153. doi:10.3897/zookeys.828.32200. ISSN 1313-2989. PMC 6418079. PMID 30940991.[3]

References

  1. "Taxonomy browser (Trigonopterus asterix)". www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
  2. Riedel, Alexander; Narakusumo, Raden Pramesa (2019). "One hundred and three new species of Trigonopterus weevils from Sulawesi". ZooKeys (828): 1–153. doi:10.3897/zookeys.828.32200. ISSN 1313-2989. PMC 6418079. PMID 30940991.
  3. "Star Wars and Asterix characters amongst 103 beetles new to science from Sulawesi, Indonesia". ScienceDaily. Retrieved 2020-02-18.
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