Cratopus sinhalensis

Cratopus sinhalensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Phytophaga
Superfamily:	Curculionoidea
Family:	Curculionidae
Genus:	Cratopus
Species:	C. sinhalensis
Binomial name
	Cratopus sinhalensis; Marshall, 1916

Cratopus sinhalensis, is a species of weevil found in Sri Lanka.^[1]

Description

This species has a body length is about 9 mm. Body black, evenly and thinly clothed with short pale hair-like scales with a coppery tinge. Head coarsely punctate. Eyes are moderately convex. Rostrum long and broad. Antennae brown. Prothorax with strongly rounded sides, and truncate and distinctly marginate base. Scutellurn with sparse hair-like scales. Elytra broadly ovate in female with very oblique shoulders. Legs black, and tarsi piceous. Femora smooth, coriaceous and tibiae rugosely punctate.^[2]

References

^ "Cratopus sinhalensis Marshall, 1916". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2021-08-16.
^ "THE FAUNA OF BRITISH INDIA, INCLUDING CEYLON AND BURMA: COLEOPTERA. RHYNCHOPHORA :-CURCULIONIDaE" (PDF). faunaofindia. Retrieved 2021-08-15.

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[1] "Cratopus sinhalensis Marshall, 1916". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2021-08-16.

[2] "THE FAUNA OF BRITISH INDIA, INCLUDING CEYLON AND BURMA: COLEOPTERA. RHYNCHOPHORA :-CURCULIONIDaE" (PDF). faunaofindia. Retrieved 2021-08-15.

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