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Rhynchodes Ursus
''Rhynchodes ursus'', also known as the elephant weevil, is a weevil in the Curculionidae family. It is Endemism, endemic to New Zealand. It is a wood-boring weevil found throughout New Zealand. Taxonomy This species was first described by Adam White in 1846. Description The adults of this species were originally described by White as follows: This large weevil has a deep brown colour with two lighter bands near the side of its thorax. It has black legs with a spot of yellowish-brown hairs on each femur. It has dense scales on its body, which can be hair-like. In female specimens the antennae are inserted halfway along the rostrum and nearer the front in males. This species varies greatly in size, colour, and in the amount and nature of its hair-like scales. Male specimens are covered with short scale-like hairs, whilst females have longer, deep brown, or grey, longer more shaggy scale-like hairs. Old individuals are occasionally met with quite black and shining, and almos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam White (zoologist)
Adam White (29 April 1817 – 30 December 1878) was a Scottish zoologist. Biography White was born in Edinburgh on 29 April 1817.White, Adam (1817–1878), naturalist by Ann Datta in the ''''. He became acquainted with , Keeper of Zoology at the |
