Biology:Perissops ocellatus

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Short description: Species of insect

Perissops ocellatus
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Curculionidae
Genus: Perissops
Species:
P. ocellatus
Binomial name
Perissops ocellatus
(Redtenbacher, 1868)

Perissops ocellatus is a weevil in the Curculionidae family,[1] found on the east coast of Australia in New South Wales and Queensland.[2]

It was first described by Ludwig Redtenbacher in 1868 as Enteles ocellatus.[1][3] It was assigned to the genus, Perissops in 1871 by Francis Polkinghorne Pascoe, giving the species name Perissops ocellatus.[1][4]

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External links

Wikidata ☰ Q107989591 entry