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Trigonopterus Corona

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    10Pointer
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  • Published
    27th Oct, 2021

Recently, scientists have discovered a new species of beetle named Trigonopterus corona on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi.

Context

Recently, scientists have discovered a new species of beetle named Trigonopterus corona on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi.

Key-points

  • It has been called a pandemic that is showing a major impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on this project.
    • The researcher was studying this species (Trigonopterus) 15 years ago and was delayed due to the Covid-19 pandamic.
  • Trigonopterus is a hyperdiverse genus of flightless hidden-snout weevils (Cryptorhynchinae) ranging over the Indo-Australian-Melanesian archipelago.
    • Weevils are often called flour bugs because that is where they are most commonly found, not the type of beetle with an elongated snout.
  • Trigonopterus originated in Northern Australia and quickly spread to New Guinea before Sulawesi colonized and spread west to Sundaland (a bio-geographical area in south-east Asia).

Island of sulawesi

  • It is one of the four Greater Sunda Islands of Indonesia. 
  • It is a curiously shaped island with four distinct peninsulas that form three major gulfs, Tomini (the largest) on the northeast, Tolo on the east, and Bone on the south.
    • The island group features the islands of Java, Sumatra, Borneo, and Sulawesi.
  • The island is highly mountainous, with some active volcanoes, but there are large plains on the southern peninsula and in the south-central part of the island on which rice is grown.
  • The highest peak is Mount Rantekombola, or Mario, at 11,335 feet.

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