Acanthopterus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Curculionoidea
Main Page Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Cladus: Pterygota Cladus: Metapterygota Cladus: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Endopterygota Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Superfamilia: Curculionoidea

Familia: Curculionidae
Subfamilia: Curculioninae
Tribus: Eugnomini
Subtribus: Eugnomina
Genus: Acanthopterus
Species (3): A. inermis – A. penicillatus – ?A. tristis
[individually sourced]

Name

• Acanthopterus Faust, 1889
  • Authority for placement: Alonso-Zarazaga & Lyal, 1999: 79
  • Current placement: Eugnomina, as valid genus
  • Gender: [masculine]
  • Original status: valid genus
  • Type species: Trachodes penicillatus Montrouzier, 1861 (imprint 1860)
    • Fixation: monotypy
  • ZooBank

Primary references

• Faust, J. 1889: Beitrag zur Käferfauna zweier Inseln. Entomologische Zeitung, 50(1-3): 61-106. BHL reference page  [first availability, see p. 67]

Selected references

• Alonso-Zarazaga, M.A.; Lyal, C.H.C. 1999: A world catalogue of families and genera of Curculionoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) (excepting Scolytidae and Platypodidae). Entomopraxis, Barcelona. reference page  [see p. 79]

Additional references

• Crosby, T.K.; Larochelle, A. 1994: List of the Coleoptera genera in the New Zealand Arthropod Collection (NZAC). Weta, 17(2): 44-69. web version reference page  [misleadingly listed as if present in New Zealand, see pp. 45, 60]