Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Curculionoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Cucujiformia
Superfamilia: Curculionoidea

Familia: Curculionidae
Subfamilia: Entiminae
Tribus: Ottistirini
Genus: Ottistira
Species: Ottistira longispina

Name

  • Ottistira longispina Riedel, 2001: 267–271, figs. 9-10.
Type locality: Indonesia, Papua, Nalca, 1900-2100 m.
Holotype: ZSM , ♂, 8.IX.1992, leg. A.Riedel.
Etymology: This epithet is a combination of the Latin adjective longus (= long) and the Latin noun spina (= spine). It refers to the striking long median elytral spines of the males.

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