Treptoplatypus solidus

Treptoplatypus solidus, is a species of weevil found in Asia and Australia.[1]

Treptoplatypus solidus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Curculionidae
Subfamily: Platypodinae
Tribe: Platypodini
Genus: Treptoplatypus
Species:
T. solidus
Binomial name
Treptoplatypus solidus
(Walker, 1859)
Synonyms
  • Platypus cordatus von Motschulsky, 1863
  • Platypus pilifrons Chapuis, 1865
  • Platypus solidus Walker, 1859
  • Platypus solidus exilis Chapuis, 1865
  • Platypus solidus obtusus Chapuis, 1865
  • Platypus solidus rudis Chapuis, 1865

Description

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Body length is about 0.20 mm. Female with pitted area almost V-shaped in outline. There are about 50 pits. The inner process of the pit is slender and small. Male is without any integumentary pits in pronotum. Forecoxal and mesocoxal cavities are mycetangium-shaped.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Treptoplatypus solidus (Walker, 1859)". www.agric.wa.gov.au. Retrieved 2021-08-26.
  2. ^ Nakashima, T. (1975). "Several types of the mycetangia found in platypodid ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera: Platypodidae)". Insecta Matsumura. Retrieved 2021-08-26.