Lamprocyphus viridans

Lamprocyphus viridans
Lamprocyphus viridans from Venezuela
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Curculionidae
Subfamily: Entiminae
Tribe: Naupactini[1]
Genus: Lamprocyphus
Species: L. viridans
Binomial name
Lamprocyphus viridans
Boheman, 1840
Synonyms
  • Cyphus viridans Boheman, 1840

Lamprocyphus viridans is a species of true weevil family.

Description

Lamprocyphus viridans can reach a length of about 25 millimetres (0.98 in). This beetle is glossy, light green, with black spots.

Distribution

This species occurs in Venezuela.

References

  1. Revision of the genus Briarius [Fischer de Waldheim] (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Analia A. Lanteri and María Guadalupe del Río, Insect Systematics & Evolution, 2003, Volume 34, Issue 3, pages 281–294, doi:10.1163/187631203788964755

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