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Ninety-eight new species of Trigonopterus weevils from Sundaland and the Lesser Sunda Islands.
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SUBMITTER: Riedel A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4296478 | biostudies-literature | 2014
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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Ninety-eight new species of Trigonopterus weevils from Sundaland and the Lesser Sunda Islands.
ZooKeys 20141222 467
The genus Trigonopterus Fauvel, 1862 is highly diverse in Melanesia. Only one species, Trigonopterusamphoralis Marshall, 1925 was so far recorded West of Wallace's Line (Eastern Sumatra). Based on focused field-work the fauna from Sundaland (Sumatra, Java, Bali, Palawan) and the Lesser Sunda Islands (Lombok, Sumbawa, Flores) is here revised. We redescribe Trigonopterusamphoralis Marshall and describe an additional 98 new species: Trigonopterusacuminatus sp. n., Trigonopterusaeneomicans sp. n., T ...[more]