Eupholus chevrolati
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| Eupholus chevrolati from Aru Islands (Indonesia) | |
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| Eupholus chevrolati Guérin-Méneville, 1830[1]
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Eupholus chevrolati is a species of beetle belonging to the family Curculionidae.
Description[]
Eupholus chevrolati can reach a length of about 25 millimetres (0.98 in). The basic colour of this quite variable species is metallic blue-green, with some transversal irregular black bands along the elytra. The blue-green colour derives from very small scales. The top of rostrum and the end of the antennae are black.
Distribution[]
This species can be found in Aru Islands (Indonesia)
Etymology[]
The name honours the French entomologist Louis Alexandre Auguste Chevrolat
References[]
- ^ Guérin Méneville, F. C. (1830). "Géonémus à stries ponctuées". In Duperrey, L. I. (ed.). Voyage autour du monde. 2 (2). Paris: Arthus Bertrand. pp. 117–118.
- Universal Biological Indexer
- Eupholus chevrolati[permanent dead link]
- World Field Guide
Categories:
- Entiminae
- Insects of Indonesia
- Natural history of the Aru Islands
- Fauna of the Lesser Sunda Islands
- Taxa named by Félix Édouard Guérin-Méneville
- Beetles described in 1830
- Entiminae stubs