Barystethus tropicus

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| image = Curculionidae - Barystethus tropicus.JPG

| image_caption = Barystethus tropicus from New Guinea

| genus = Barystethus

| species = tropicus

| authority = Pascoe, F.P., 1885

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Barystethus tropicus is a species of the true weevil family.

Description

Barystethus tropicus reaches about {{convert|18|mm}} in length. This species is usually black but it is quite variable in coloration. The body is elliptic, the legs and the rostrum are smooth and glossy, elytra are striated and rostrum is slightly arched.

Distribution

This species occurs in Papua New Guinea.

References

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  • [http://www.catalogueoflife.org/details/species/id/7877323 Catalogue of life]{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
  • [http://eol.org/pages/884342/entries/33479692/overview Encyclopedia of Life]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20120426091541/http://wtaxa.csic.es/search/ValidNameGenHP.aspx?level=S&Id_Name=59568 Curculionidae Wtaxa]
  • G. P. Setliff [http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2007f/zt01536p296.pdf Annotated checklist of weevils from the Papuan region (Coleoptera, Curculionoidea) ]

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Category:Dryophthorinae

Category:Insects of New Guinea

Category:Beetles described in 1885

Category:Taxa named by Francis Polkinghorne Pascoe

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