title: Asytesta doriae
text: # Asytesta doriae
  
  Asytesta doriae is a species of beetles belonging to the family Curculionidae.
  
  ## Taxonomy
  
  Asytesta is now considered a senior synonym of Zygara and Zygara doriae 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 3.4–4.6 millimetres (0.13–0.18 in). 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.
  
  