Tymbopiptus valeas

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Curculionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Cucujiformia Superfamilia: Curculionoidea

Familia: Curculionidae
Subfamilia: Molytinae
Tribus: Molytini
Genus: †Tymbopiptus
Species: Tymbopiptus valeas

Name

• Tymbopiptus valeas Kuschel, 1987
  • Authority for current placement: original
  • Current status: valid species
  • Gender: unchangeable
  • Original combination(s)/spelling(s): Tymbopiptus valeas
  • Original genus: Tymbopiptus Kuschel, 1987
  • Original status: valid species
  • Primary type: holotype
    • Fixation: designated
    • Description: '♀ , 23.0 x 9.2 mm, legs, antennae, 5th ventrite and most scales missing'
    • Repository: NZAC
  • Type locality: 'NEW ZEALAND, WO, Waitomo, from a sinkhole of the Fred Cave Catchment situated just over 10 km WSW of Te Kuiti (38°22'52"S, 175°03'48"E), subfossil skeletons washed out from a layer of fine sand at 43–53 cm below surface of sediment'
  • ZooBank

References

Primary references

• Kuschel, G. 1987. The subfamily Molytinae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae): general notes and descriptions of new taxa from New Zealand and Chile. New Zealand Entomologist 9: 11–29. DOI: 10.1080/00779962.1987.9722488 . Reference page.  [first availability, see p. 23, and figs. 22-27]

Selected links

• image of adult (dorsal)
• image of adult (lateral)