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Sympiezomias kraatzi

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Species of beetle

Sympiezomias kraatzi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Curculionidae
Genus: Sympiezomias
Species: S. kraatzi
Binomial name
Sympiezomias kraatzi
Heller, 1901

Sympiezomias kraatzi, is a species of weevil found in Sri Lanka.

Description

This species has a body length is about 7 mm. Body black. Head and prothorax with small sparse brownish grey scales. Head rugosely punctate and somewhat striolate. Forehead unusually flattened. Antennae reddish brown. There is a broad lateral stripe of large greenish-yellow scales on pronotum. Prothorax longer than broad, with very strongly rounded sides. Elytra with dense brownish-grey scales. Ventrum with thin greyish scales. Elytra, subtruncate at the base. Legs reddish brown. Corbels in hind legs clothed with long dense golden setae.

References

  1. "Sympiezomias kraatzi Heller, 1901". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  2. Ramamurthy, V. V.; Ayri, Shaloo (11 February 2010). "Revision of the genus Indomias Marshall (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Entiminae, Tanymecini) from India". Zootaxa. 2357: 1–49–1–49. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2357.1.1. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  3. "THE FAUNA OF BRITISH INDIA, INCLUDING CEYLON AND BURMA: COLEOPTERA. RHYNCHOPHORA :-CURCULIONIDaE" (PDF). faunaofindia. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
Taxon identifiers
Sympiezomias kraatzi


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