Pactola

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: Pactola
Synonyms (1): Macropoda
Species (11): P. convexa – P. demissa – P. fairburni – P. fiji – P. fuscicornis – P. hudsoni – P. kanalensis – P. nigra – P. posticalis – P. setacea – P. variabilis
[individually sourced]

Name

• Pactola Pascoe, 1876
  • Authority for placement: Alonso-Zarazaga & Lyal, 1999: 79
  • Current placement: Eugnomina, as valid genus
  • Gender: [feminine]
  • Type species: Pactola variabilis Pascoe, 1876
    • Fixation: monotypy

Primary references

• Pascoe, F.P. 1876: Descriptions of new genera and species of New Zealand Coleoptera. - Part II. Annals and magazine of natural history (4), 17(97): 48-60. doi: 10.1080/00222937608681895 BHL reference page  [first availability, see p. 57]

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]
• Cawthra, E.M. 1966: A redefinition of the subfamily Eugnominae to include the Meriphinae. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, zoology, 7(12): 171-178. BUGZ reference page 
• Kuschel, G. 1964: Insects of Campbell Island. Coleoptera: Curculionidae of the subantarctic islands of New Zealand. Pacific insects monograph, 7: 416-493. BUGZ reference page  [see p. 446]
• Kuschel, G. 1982: Apionidae and Curculionidae (Coleoptera) from the Poor Knights Islands, New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 12(3): 273-282. doi: 10.1080/03036758.1982.10415349 Google books reference page  [see p. 279]
• Marshall, G.A.K. 1937: New Curculionidae (Col.) from New Zealand. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 67: 316-340, plate 45. full text and pdf reference page  [see p. 333]
• Mazur, M.A. 2012: First record of the tribe Eugnomini Lacordaire, 1863 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) from Fiji with description of Pactola fiji sp. n. Zootaxa, 3517: 63-70. Preview reference page