Treptoplatypus solidus
| Treptoplatypus solidus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Curculionidae |
| Subfamily: | Platypodinae |
| Tribe: | Platypodini |
| Genus: | Treptoplatypus |
| Species: | T. solidus
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| Binomial name | |
| Treptoplatypus solidus (Walker, 1859)
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Treptoplatypus solidus, is a species of weevil found in Asia and Australia.[1]
Description
Body length is about 0.20 mm. The females have a pitted area that is almost V-shaped in outline. There are about 50 pits that have a slender and small inner process. The males do not have any integumentary pits in pronotum. Forecoxal and mesocoxal cavities are mycetangium-shaped.[2]
References
- ^ "Treptoplatypus solidus (Walker, 1859)". www.agric.wa.gov.au. Retrieved 2021-08-26.
- ^ Nakashima, T. (1975). "Several types of the mycetangia found in platypodid ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera: Platypodidae)". Insecta Matsumura. Retrieved 2021-08-26.