Strattis biguttatus explained

Strattis biguttatus, is a species of weevil found in Indian subcontinent.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Description

Body ovate. Scutellum bare. Elytra with small glossy tubercles located along median suture. Mesosternal receptacle is transverse. Procoxae and mesocoxae are almost contiguous. Femora edentate, and sulcate ventrally, with bare sulci. Femora clavate. Abdomino-femoral stridulatory structure is present where the stridulatory files are present on the inner lateral aspect of meta-femora. In female, the eighth sternite is pouch shaped.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Strattis biguttatus Pascoe, 1883 . 2021-09-03 . www.gbif.org . en.
2. Web site: Morimoto, Katsura . 1978. Kyushu University . On the genera of Oriental Cryptorhynchinae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) . 10.1.1.692.9941 .
3. Pascoe . Francis P. . 1883-02-01 . XIV.—On some new species of Curculinoidæ from Ceylon . 2021-09-03 . Annals and Magazine of Natural History . 11 . 62 . 121–130 . 10.1080/00222938309459107.
4. Devi . Salam Rita . Ray . D. C. . Ramamurthy . V. V. . 2016-03-02 . Descriptions of three new species of Strattis Pascoe, 1883 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Cryptorhynchinae) from the Indian subcontinent . 2021-09-03 . Zootaxa . 4085 . 2 . 199–218 . 10.11646/zootaxa.4085.2.2. 27394298 .