Ancistropterus quadrispinosus

Taxonavigation

Ancistropterus quadrispinosus

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: Ancistropterus
Species: Ancistropterus quadrispinosus

Name

• Ancistropterus quadrispinosus White, 1846
  • Authority for placement: objective (type species of Ancistropterus White, 1846)
  • Current placement: Ancistropterus White, 1846, as valid species
  • Gender: changeable (-us, -um, -a)
  • Original genus: Ancistropterus White, 1846
  • Original status: valid species
  • Primary type: syntypes or unique holotype
    • Fixation: automatic
  • Type locality: 'Port Nicholson, New Zealand' [=Wellington]

Primary references

• White, A. 1846: Insects of New Zealand. Pp. 1-27, plates 1-7 in: Richardson, J.; Gray, J.E. (eds) The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Erebus & Terror, under the command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross, R.N., F.R.S., during the years 1839 to 1843. Vol. II. Reptiles, fishes, Crustacea, insects, Mollusca. London: E.W. Janson. BHL reference page  [first availability, see p. 15, and Pl. 3, fig. 14]

Selected references

• May, B.M. 1987: Immature stages of Curculionoidea (Coleoptera): rearing records 1964-1986. New Zealand entomologist, 9(1): 44-56. doi: 10.1080/00779962.1987.9722492 abstract and full article (PDF) reference page  [see p. 50]
• May, B.M. 1993: Larvae of Curculionoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera): a systematic overview. Fauna of New Zealand, (28) extract and pdf reference page  [see p. 73]
• Watt, J.C. 1956: Coleoptera from Great Barrier Island and Mayor Island. Tane, 7: 58-63. PDF BUGZ

Selected links

• New Zealand Weevil Images dorsal lateral

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