Curculio gyongyiae

Curculio gyongyiae is a species of weevil first discovered in 2022 in Esztergom, Hungary.[1] Specimens have also been identified from Greece and Croatia. The average body length of females is 6.7 millimeters, and the average body length of males is 6.5 millimeters. It was originally discovered by Valentin Szénási, who named the species after his wife, Szénásiné Demeter Gyöngyi.[2]

Curculio gyongyiae
Adult Curculio gyongyiae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Curculionidae
Subfamily: Curculioninae
Genus: Curculio
Species:
C. gyongyiae
Binomial name
Curculio gyongyiae
Szénási, 2022

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