Bothrometopus gracilipes

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: Entiminae
Tribus: Ectemnorhinini
Genus: Bothrometopus
Species: Bothrometopus gracilipes

Name

• Bothrometopus gracilipes (Waterhouse, 1875)
  • Original combination: Agonelytra gracilipes [source: Waterhouse (1875: 56)]
  • Current combination authority:
  • Primary type: lectotype, designated by Kuschel (1970: 258) [source: Kuschel (1970: 258)]
  • Type locality: 'Kerguelen ... Observatory Bay is here designated as a more precise type locality' [source: Kuschel (1970: 258)]

References

cited sources

• Kuschel, G. 1970: COLEOPTERA: CURCULIONIDAE OF HEARD ISLAND. Pacific insects monograph, 23: 255-260. PDF
• Waterhouse, C.O. 1875: ON THE COLEOPTERA OF KERGUELEN'S ISLAND. Entomologist's monthly magazine, 12: 54-57. Internet Archive BHL

additional references

• Chown, S.L.; Klok, C.J. 2003: Water-Balance Characteristics Respond to Changes in Body Size in Subantarctic Weevils. Physiological and biochemical zoology, 76: 634–643. doi: 10.1086/376919 JSTOR