Cryphalogenes euphorbiae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Suborder:
Phytophaga
Superfamily:
Curculionoidea
Family:
Curculionidae
Genus:
Cryphalogenes
Species:
C. euphorbiae
Binomial name
Cryphalogenes euphorbiae
Wood, 1980

Cryphalogenes euphorbiae, is a species of weevil found in Sri Lanka.[1][2]

Description

Similar to much smaller species Cryphalogenes exiguus. Length of the male is about 1.2 to 1.4 mm. Body dark brown. Frons broadly convex. Surface largely reticulate, and feebly granulate moderate minute punctures. Antennal club slightly longer than scape. Pronotum with almost straight sides and parallel on basal third. Anterior margin of the pronotum armed by about four to six irregular, and poorly formed serrations. Vestiture of fine short, semirecumbent hair. Elytra long as pronotum and with almost straight sides. Elytral striae not impressed, each puncture largely replaced by a large rounded granule. Elytral interstriae as wide as striae, and smooth, shiny. Vestiture of rows of fine, short, strial hair and rows of erect interstrial scales.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Cryphalogenes euphorbiae Wood, 1980c". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2021-08-21.
  2. ↑ Hulcr, Jiri; Atkinson, Thomas H.; Cognato, Anthony I.; Jordal, Bjarte H.; McKenna, Duane D. (2015-01-01). Morphology, Taxonomy, and Phylogenetics of Bark Beetles. pp. 41–84. doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-417156-5.00002-2. ISBN 9780124171565. Retrieved 2021-08-21. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  3. ↑ "New genera and new generic synonymy in Scolytidae (Coleoptera)". Great Basin Naturalist Volume 40 Number 1 Article 9 3-31-1980. Retrieved 2021-08-20.
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