Chrysolopus
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Chrysolopus spectabilis |
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| Germar , 1817 |
Chrysolopus is a genus of weevils (Curculionidae) within the subfamily Cyclominae . The beetles are common in Southeast Asia and Australia .
features
The species of the genus Chrysolopus are characterized by short and strong antennae , an elongated trunk , oval and low set compound eyes , an elongated and convex pronotum and also elongated wings . The colors vary from pitch black to bright green.
Systematics
The genre was established by Ernst Friedrich Germar in 1817 and is still recognized today. The generic name is derived from the ancient Greek words χρύσος and λόπις and means “golden-green scaly”. Germar included the weevil Chrysolopus spectabilis as the only species in this genus , which was previously known under the name Curculio spectabilis . In the following decade, eleven other species were assigned to the genus:
- Chrysolopus bicristatus ( Dejean , 1821)
- Chrysolopus echidna ( Dejean , 1821; MacLeay , 1827)
- Chrysolopus forströmi ( Billberg , 1820)
- Chrysolopus gibbosus ( Billberg , 1820)
- Chrysolopus prodigus ( Germar , 1817)
- Chrysolopus quadridens ( MacLeay , 1827)
- Chrysolopus rohrii ( Billberg , 1820)
- Chrysolopus schoenherri ( Billberg , 1820)
- Chrysolopus spectabilis ( Germar , 1817)
- Chrysolopus spengleri ( Billberg , 1820)
- Chrysolopus tamarisci ( Billberg , 1820)
- Chrysolopus tuberculatus ( Dejean , 1821)
swell
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Carl Johan Schönherr: Genera et species curculionidum, cum synonymia hujus familiæ . tape 2 (1) . Roret, Paris 1833, p. 247 .
- ^ Zimmerman, p. 348
- ↑ Chrysolopus. Entry in the Encyclopedia of Life , accessed April 30, 2009 .
literature
- Trevor J. Hawkeswood: Beetles of Australia . Angus & Robertson Publishers, 1987, ISBN 0-207-15352-3 .
- John F. Lawrence and Everard B. Britton: Australian Beetles . Melbourne University Press, 1994, ISBN 0-522-84519-3 .
- Elwood Curtin Zimmerman : Australian Weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea) . CSIRO Publishing, 1993, ISBN 0-643-05147-3 .
