Tanymecus curviscapus | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Curculionidae |
Genus: | Tanymecus |
Species: | T. curviscapus
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Binomial name | |
Tanymecus curviscapus Marshall, 1916
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Tanymecus curviscapus, is a species of weevil found in India and Sri Lanka. [1] [2] [3]
This species has a body length is about 4.5 to 5 mm. Body black, with dense greyish-brown scales. Laterally, the prothorax is yellowish brown. Scutellum entirely whitish. Elytra clothed with a few whitish scales. Eyes are large, oval, moderately prominent. Rostrum broad, and very shallow apex. Antennae dark piceous, with moderately stout scape. In prothorax, there is a shallow constriction closer to the apex. Elytral interspaces with large shallow separated punctures and minute scattered punctures. Elytra comparatively broad with prominent shoulders. Legs with dense grey scales. [4]
Tanymecus curviscapus | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Curculionidae |
Genus: | Tanymecus |
Species: | T. curviscapus
|
Binomial name | |
Tanymecus curviscapus Marshall, 1916
|
Tanymecus curviscapus, is a species of weevil found in India and Sri Lanka. [1] [2] [3]
This species has a body length is about 4.5 to 5 mm. Body black, with dense greyish-brown scales. Laterally, the prothorax is yellowish brown. Scutellum entirely whitish. Elytra clothed with a few whitish scales. Eyes are large, oval, moderately prominent. Rostrum broad, and very shallow apex. Antennae dark piceous, with moderately stout scape. In prothorax, there is a shallow constriction closer to the apex. Elytral interspaces with large shallow separated punctures and minute scattered punctures. Elytra comparatively broad with prominent shoulders. Legs with dense grey scales. [4]