Eupholus Nickerli
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''Eupholus nickerli'' is a species of beetle 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 ...
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Subspecies

Subspecies In Taxonomy (biology), biological classification, subspecies (: subspecies) is a rank below species, used for populations that live in different areas and vary in size, shape, or other physical characteristics (Morphology (biology), morpholog ...
include: *''Eupholus-nickerli cyanescens'' *''Eupholus-nickerli anthracina''


Distribution

This species can be found in
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Habitat

These beetles mainly inhabit warm forest.


Description

''Eupholus nickerli'' can reach a length of about . In the subspecies ''Eupholus-nickerli cyanescens'' the basic colour of these quite variable beetles is metallic blue, with some transversal irregular black bands along the elytra. The thorax is uniformly blue. In the subspecies ''Eupholus-nickerli anthracina'' the basic color is greygreyish, with transversal black and yellowish bands . These structural colours derive from very small, flat scales Stanislav N. Gor
Functional Surfaces in Biology: Little Structures with Big Effects, Volume 1
/ref> and possibly serve to warn predators of their toxicity. The top of rostrum and the end of the antennae are black.


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External links


World Field Guide

Als Photo Page
Entiminae Beetles described in 1913 {{Entiminae-stub