Trigonopterus agathis (lat.) – a kind of weevil beetles of the genus Trigonopterus from subfamily Cryptorhynchinae (Curculionidae). Found on New Guinea Island (Jayapura Reg., Cyclops Mts: 490 m).
Description
Small flightless weevils, length from 1.86 to 2.04 mm; mostly black with a bronze sheen (antennae and legs are brownish). The body is sub-round. The wings are missing. The is shortened, does not reach the middle of the middle coxae at rest. Elytra with 9 . The claws of the tarsi are small. In earlier works it was referred to as «Trigonopterus sp. 109 «
The species was found in litter in a primary rainforest. First described in 2013 by German coleopterist Alexander Riedel (Alexander riedel; Museum of Natural History Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany), together with entomologists Katayo Sagata (Papua New for Biological Research (PNG-IBR), Goroka, Papua New Guinea), Suriani Surbakti (Suriani Surbakti; Jurusan Biology, FMIPA-Universitas Cendrawasih, Kampus Baru, Jayapura, Papua, Indonesia), Rene Tanzler (Rene Tänzler; Zoological State Collection, Munich) and Michael Balcke (Michael balke; GeoBioCenter, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany), who carried out an audit of the fauna of beetles of the genus Trigonopterus on the island of New Guinea.
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