Aporhina bispinosa explained

Aporhina bispinosa is a species of Brentidae family, Eurhynchinae subfamily, the latter also being treated as Eurhynchidae family.

Description

Aporhina bispinosa reaches about 9- in length. This beetle has a dark green or blackish coloration and two long thorns in the middle of elytra (hence the Latin name bispinosa).

Distribution

This species is known from New Guinea in both Papua New Guinea and Western New Guinea (Indonesia), as well as from some islands off Western New Guinea (Aru Islands and Waigeo Island).

Subspecies

There are five subspecies:

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