Asytesta doriae is a species of beetles belonging to the family Curculionidae.GP Setliff - 2007 Zootaxa, Annotated checklist of weevils from the Papuan region
Taxonomy Asytesta Electronic Catalogue of Weevil names is now considered a senior synonym of ZygaraBiolib and Zygara doriaePascoe. 1885. LIST OF THE CURCULIONIDAE OF THE MALAY ARCHIPELAGO COLLECTED by D.' ODOARDO BECCARI, L. M. D'ALBERTIS, and others, in Ann. Mus. Civ. Genova (2) IICatalogue of LifeEncyclopedia of LifeGBIF is returned to its original combination with Asytesta.
Etymology The Latin species name doriae has been dedicated to the Italian naturalist Giacomo Doria by the German entomologist Theodor Franz Wilhelm Kirsch.
Distribution This species is endemic to the Papua New Guinea and is known only from the Yule Island.
Description Asytesta doriae can reach a length of . Body is sub-globular, longer than broad, with a deep basal row of puncture on the elytra, a serrate prefemoral tooth, and light reddish-brown antennae and tarsi.
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