Barystethus tropicus
{{Short description|Species of beetle}}
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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
}}
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:Insects of New Guinea
Category:Beetles described in 1885
Category:Taxa named by Francis Polkinghorne Pascoe
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