Four new species of Trigonopterus Fauvel from the island of New Britain (Coleoptera, Curculionidae)

2016/04/21 by Alexander Riedel, Matthew H. Van Dam, Raymond Laufa · 2 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · #Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution #Plant and animal studies #Fossil Insects in Amber #Archipelago #Curculionidae #Key (lock) #Biology #Genus #Zoology #Cytochrome c oxidase subunit I #Ecology #Geography #Phylogenetics

paper · doi:10.3897/zookeys.582.7709

openalex publication_date 2016/04/21 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/06/11

Abstract

The hyperdiverse genus Trigonopterus has its center of diversity in Melanesia, but only a single species is recorded from the Bismarck Archipelago to date. Here we describe four new species from the island of New Britain: Trigonopterus chewbacca sp. n., Trigonopterus obsidianus sp. n., Trigonopterus puncticollis sp. n. and Trigonopterus silaliensis sp. n. We provide cytochrome oxidase subunit I (cox1) sequences of the new species and a key to all five species known from the Bismarck Archipelago.

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