''Asytesta doriae'' is a species of beetles belonging to the family

Curculionidae The Curculionidae are a family of weevils, commonly called snout beetles or true weevils. They are one of the largest animal families with 6,800 genera and 83,000 species described worldwide. They are the sister group to the family Brentidae. Th ...

Taxonomy

Asytesta ''Asytesta'' is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Curculionidae. Species Species within this genus include: * ''Asytesta antica'' * ''Asytesta arachnopus'' * ''Asytesta aucta'' * ''Asytesta bivirgata'' * ''Asytesta brevipennis'' * ''A ...

'' is now considered a senior synonym of ''Zygara'' and ''Zygara doriae''GBIF
/ref> is returned to its original combination with ''Asytesta''.

Etymology

The Latin species name ''doriae'' has been dedicated to the

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by the

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Theodor Franz Wilhelm Kirsch Theodor Franz Wilhelm Kirsch (29 September 1818, Düben, Torgau - 8 July 1889, Dresden) was a German entomologist who specialised in Coleoptera. Kirsch was curator of entomology at the Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde Dresden in Dresden. H ...

Distribution

This species is

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to the

Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is an island country in Oceania that comprises the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and offshore islands in Melanesia, a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean n ...

and is known only from the

Yule Island Yule Island is a small island in Central Province (Papua New Guinea), Central Province, Papua New Guinea. It is located NW from Port Moresby, on the south coast of Papua New Guinea. History Yule Island was probably named after Charles Bampfield ...

Description

''Asytesta doriae'' can reach a length of . Body is sub-globular, longer than broad, with a deep basal row of puncture on the

elytra An elytron (; ; : elytra, ) is a modified, hardened forewing of beetles (Coleoptera), though a few of the true bugs (Hemiptera) such as the family Schizopteridae are extremely similar; in true bugs, the forewings are called hemelytra (sometime ...

, a serrate prefemoral tooth, and light reddish-brown antennae and tarsi.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q19359360 Cryptorhynchinae Insects of Papua New Guinea Endemic fauna of Papua New Guinea Beetles described in 1879 Taxa named by Theodor Franz Wilhelm Kirsch