Gagatophorus tibialis

Gagatophorus tibialis is a weevil in the Amycterini tribe of the Curculionidae family, endemic to Western Australia.[1]

Gagatophorus tibialis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Curculionidae
Genus: Gagatophorus
Species:
G. tibialis
Binomial name
Gagatophorus tibialis
(Ferguson, 1914)
Synonyms[1]

Macramycterus tibialis Ferguson, 1914

The species was first described by Eustace William Ferguson in 1914 as Macramycterus tibialis,[1][2] from a specimen collected at Shark Bay, Western Australia,[2] and was transferred to the genus, Gagatophorus, in 1993 by Elwood Curtin Zimmerman.[1][3]

References

  1. "Australian Faunal Directory:Gagatophorus tibialis". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  2. Ferguson, E.W. (1914). "Revision of the Amycterides Part III. Notonophes, Macramycterus, and genera allied to Talaurinus". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 39 (2): 217–252 [241].
  3. Zimmerman, E.C. (1993) Australian weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea) Vol. III Nanophyidae, Rhynchophoridae, Erirhinidae, Curculionidae: Amycterinae. Melbourne : CSIRO Publications
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