Trigonopterus chewbacca

Trigonopterus costipennis
	Trigonopterus chewbacca
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Superfamily:	Curculionoidea
Family:	Curculionidae
Subfamily:	Cryptorhynchinae
Genus:	Trigonopterus
Species:	T. chewbacca
Binomial name
	Trigonopterus chewbacca; Van Dam, Laufa and Ridel, 2016

Trigonopterus chewbacca is a species of flightless weevil in the genus Trigonopterus from Papua New Guinea.[1]

Etymology

The specific name is derived from a parallel being drawn between the dense scales on the head and legs of this species, and the Star Wars character Chewbacca.[1]

References

Van Dam, Matthew; Laufa, Raymond; Riedel, Alexander (21 April 2016). "Four new species of Trigonopterus Fauvel from the island of New Britain (Coleoptera, Curculionidae)". ZooKeys. Pensoft (582): 129–141.

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[ZooKeys-1] Van Dam, Matthew; Laufa, Raymond; Riedel, Alexander (21 April 2016). "Four new species of Trigonopterus Fauvel from the island of New Britain (Coleoptera, Curculionidae)". ZooKeys. Pensoft (582): 129–141.