Biology:Brachycerus bufo

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Short description: Species of beetle


Brachycerus bufo
Curculionidae - Brachycerus bufo.jpg
Museum specimen of Brachycerus bufo
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B. bufo
Binomial name
Brachycerus bufo
Germar

Brachycerus bufo is a species of weevil in the family Curculionidae, subfamily Brachycerinae.

Description

Brachycerus bufo reaches a length of about 20 millimetres (0.79 in). The body is black, with yellowish spots. The abdomen is rounded. "Bufo," meaning toad, is so named because of the irregular surface of its carapace.[1]

References

  1. Schoenherr, Carl Johan (1840). Genera et species curculionidum, cum synonymia hujus familiæ. Paris: Roret. pp. 657. 

Wikidata ☰ Q16845556 entry