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Curculio gyongyiae

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Species of weevil

Curculio gyongyiae
Adult Curculio gyongyiae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Curculionidae
Genus: Curculio
Species: C. gyongyiae
Binomial name
Curculio gyongyiae
Szénási, 2022

Curculio gyongyiae is a species of weevil first discovered in 2022 in Esztergom, Hungary. Specimens from Greece and Croatia have also been identified. The average body length of females is 6.7 millimeters, and that of males is 6.5 millimeters. It was initially discovered by Valentin Szénási, who named the species after his wife, Szénásiné Demeter Gyöngyi.

References

  1. Szénási, Valentin (2022-07-11). "A new species of the genus Curculio Linnaeus, 1758 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) from Hungary and the Balkan Peninsula". Zootaxa. 5162 (5): 583–592. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5162.5.8. ISSN 1175-5334. S2CID 250435123.
  2. "A tudomány számára új bogárfajt fedeztek fel Magyarországon". Origo. Retrieved 2022-09-03.
Taxon identifiers
Curculio gyongyiae


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