''Barystethus tropicus'' is a species of the
true weevil
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Places
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family.
Description
''Barystethus tropicus'' reaches about in length. This species is usually black but it is quite variable in coloration. The body is elliptic, the legs and the rostrum are smooth and glossy, elytra are striated and rostrum is slightly arched.
Distribution
This species occurs in
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...
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References
Catalogue of life Encyclopedia of LifeCurculionidae Wtaxa* G. P. Setliff
Annotated checklist of weevils from the Papuan region (Coleoptera, Curculionoidea)
Dryophthorinae
Arthropods of New Guinea
Beetles described in 1885
Taxa named by Francis Polkinghorne Pascoe
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