Curculio gyongyiae
| Curculio gyongyiae | |
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| Adult Curculio gyongyiae | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Curculionidae |
| Subfamily: | Curculioninae |
| Genus: | Curculio |
| Species: | C. gyongyiae
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| Binomial name | |
| Curculio gyongyiae Szénási, 2022
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Curculio gyongyiae is a species of weevil first discovered in 2022 in Esztergom, Hungary.[1] Specimens from Greece and Croatia have also been identified. The average body length of females is 6.7 millimeters, and that of males is 6.5 millimeters. It was initially discovered by Valentin Szénási, who named the species after his wife, Szénásiné Demeter Gyöngyi.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ Szénási, Valentin (2022-07-11). "A new species of the genus Curculio Linnaeus, 1758 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) from Hungary and the Balkan Peninsula". Zootaxa. 5162 (5): 583–592. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5162.5.8. ISSN 1175-5334. S2CID 250435123.
- ^ "A tudomány számára új bogárfajt fedeztek fel Magyarországon". Origo. Retrieved 2022-09-03.