Gagatophorus tibialis is a weevil in the Amycterini tribe of the Curculionidae family, endemic to Western Australia.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Curculionidae |
| Genus: | Gagatophorus |
| Species: | G. tibialis
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| Gagatophorus tibialis (Ferguson, 1914)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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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
edit- ^ a b c d "Australian Faunal Directory:Gagatophorus tibialis". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
- ^ a b 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].
- ^ Zimmerman, E.C. (1993) Australian weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea) Vol. III Nanophyidae, Rhynchophoridae, Erirhinidae, Curculionidae: Amycterinae. Melbourne : CSIRO Publications