Tanymecus curviscapus, is a species of weevil found in India and Sri Lanka.[1][2][3]
| Tanymecus curviscapus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Curculionidae |
| Genus: | Tanymecus |
| Species: | T. curviscapus
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| Binomial name | |
| Tanymecus curviscapus Marshall, 1916
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Description
editThis species has a body length is about 4.5 to 5 mm. Body black, with dense greyish-brown scales. Laterally, the prothorax is yellowish brown. Scutellum entirely whitish. Elytra clothed with a few whitish scales. Eyes are large, oval, moderately prominent. Rostrum broad, and very shallow apex. Antennae dark piceous, with moderately stout scape. In prothorax, there is a shallow constriction closer to the apex. Elytral interspaces with large shallow separated punctures and minute scattered punctures. Elytra comparatively broad with prominent shoulders. Legs with dense grey scales.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Tanymecus curviscapus Marshall, 1916". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2021-08-17.
- ^ "Tanymecus curviscapus". www.mindat.org. Retrieved 2021-08-17.
- ^ Supare, N. R.; Ghai, S.; Ramamurthy, V. V. (1990-01-01). "A Revision of Tanymecus from India and Adjacent Countries (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)". Oriental Insects. 24: 1–126. doi:10.1080/00305316.1990.11835533. Retrieved 2021-08-17.
- ^ "THE FAUNA OF BRITISH INDIA, INCLUDING CEYLON AND BURMA: COLEOPTERA. RHYNCHOPHORA :-CURCULIONIDaE" (PDF). faunaofindia. Retrieved 2021-08-15.
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