Compsus canescens | |
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Dorsal view of Compsus canescens | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Curculionidae |
Genus: | Compsus |
Species: | C. canescens
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Binomial name | |
Compsus canescens
Boheman, 1840
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Synonyms | |
Platyomus canescens |
Compsus canescens is a species of broad-nosed weevils in the family Curculionidae. [1] This species is endemic to Colombia, [1] commonly found in Bogotá and surrounding areas. [2]
Compsus canescens was described for the first time by Carl Henrik Boheman in 1840, page 181, under the genus Platyomus. [3] It belongs to the subfamily Entiminae, tribe Eustylini.
The holotype for Compsus canescens is housed at the Swedish Museum of Natural History (NHRS-JLKB000022893). [4]
The original diagnosis, in Latin, offered by Boheman is as follows: [3]
Oblongus, niger, breviter setulosus, supra squamulis canis lateribus et
subtus argenteis tectus, thorace profunde sat crebre rugoso, dorso
lato profunde lateribus obsoletius longitudinaliter impresso, antice
tenue canaliculato; elytris dorso depressis, sat profunde punctato-
striatis, interstitiis alternis elevatis, carinatis, apice breviter mucronatis.
— Boheman, Genera et species Curculionidum, cum synonymia hujus familae species novae., p. 181
According to this diagnosis, the species can be recognized by the following features: briefly setulose, grey/silver dorsal scales; pronotum depressed medially, coarsely rugose, with lateral longitudinal elevations; elytra dorsally flattened, with moderately marked elytral punctures, with alternate interstriae elevated, apices briefly projected.
Oxyderces viridipes is endemic to Colombia. [5] The type locality is 'Nova Granata' [3] and there are plenty of records in iNaturalist from Bogotá and surrounding municipalities.