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Cerobates tristriatus

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Species of beetle

Cerobates tristriatus
Cerobates tristriatus from Enggano Island
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Brentidae
Genus: Cerobates
Species: C. tristriatus
Binomial name
Cerobates tristriatus
Lund, 1800

Cerobates tristriatus is a species of beetles belonging to the family Brentidae.

Description

Cerobates tristriatus can reach a length of about 7 millimetres (0.28 in). Females lay eggs on the surface of decayed bark of sapwood, where the larvae construct radial galleries.

Distribution

This species is widely distributed from Sri Lanka to Australia.

References

  1. Catalogue of life
  2. Richard A.B. Leschen,Rolf G. Beutel Morphology and Systematics: Coleoptera, Beetles
  3. ITIS
  4. E. Zimmerman Australian Weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea) II: Brentidae, Eurhynchidae)
  5. Alessandra Sforzi The Straight-snouted Weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea, Brentidae) of Papua Indonesia
Taxon identifiers
Cerobates tristriatus


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