Biology:Schizoeupsalis promissa

Short description: Species of beetle

Schizoeupsalis promissa
Schizoeupsalis promissa from New Guinea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Brentidae
Subfamily:	Brentinae
Genus:	Schizoeupsalis
Species:	S. promissa
Binomial name
Schizoeupsalis promissa Pascoe, 1872
Synonyms
Eupsalis promissa, Pascoe, 1872 Eupsalis promissus, Pascoe, 1872 Orphilaia promissa (Pascoe)

Schizoeupsalis promissa is a species of weavil in the Brentidae family. It can be found in New Guinea and neighbouring islands. Beetles of this species present great individual variation.

References

• Alessandra Sforzi The Straight-snouted Weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea, Brentidae) of Papua Indonesia
• E. Zimmerman (1994) Australian Weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea) II: Brentidae
• Universal Biological Indexer

Wikidata ☰ Q7431573 entry