Philacta

Taxonavigation

Philacta testacea, length about 5.5 mm (excluding rostrum)

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: Philacta
Species (2): P. maculifera – P. testacea

Name

• Philacta Broun, 1880
  • Authority for current placement: Leschen et al., 2003: 26
    • undisputed by all subsequent authorities
  • Type species: Philacta testacea Broun, 1880
    • Fixation: monotypy

References

• Leschen, R.A.B.; Lawrence, J.F.; Kuschel, G.; Thorpe, S.; Wang, Q. 2003: Coleoptera genera of New Zealand. New Zealand entomologist, 26: 15-28.