Perissops ocellatus is a weevil in the Curculionidae family,[1] found on the east coast of Australia in New South Wales and Queensland.[2]
| Perissops ocellatus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Curculionidae |
| Genus: | Perissops |
| Species: | P. ocellatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Perissops ocellatus (Redtenbacher, 1868)
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It was first described by Ludwig Redtenbacher in 1868 as Enteles ocellatus.[1][3] It was assigned to the genus, Perissops in 1871 by Francis Polkinghorne Pascoe, giving the species name Perissops ocellatus.[1][4]
References edit
- ^ a b c "Australian Faunal Directory: Perissops ocellatus (Redtenbacher, 1868)". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
- ^ Australia, Atlas of Living. "Species: Perissops ocellatus". bie.ala.org.au. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
- ^ Redtenbacher, L. (1867). Reise der österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Befehlen des Commodore B. von Wüllersdorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil, Zweiter Band, 1. Abtheilung, A. 1: Coleoptera. 249 pp. Karl Gerold's Sohn, Wien. [166].
- ^ Francis P. Pascoe (June 1871). "Contributions towards a Knowledge of the Curculionidae. Part II". Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology. 11 (51): 154-218, pls 6-9[193]. doi:10.1111/J.1096-3642.1871.TB01661.X. ISSN 0368-2935. Wikidata Q99962062.