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Peristoreus viridipennis

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Species of beetle

Peristoreus viridipennis
Peristoreus viridipennis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Curculionidae
Genus: Peristoreus
Species: P. viridipennis
Binomial name
Peristoreus viridipennis
(Broun, 1880)

Peristoreus viridipennis is a species of true weevil. It is endemic to New Zealand. It is associated with plants of the genus Muehlenbeckia.

P. viridipennis was originally named Erirhinus viridipennis by Broun in 1880. Then, in 1926, Marshall described a new genus called Dorytomodes, into which he provisionally transferred all species placed by Broun in Erirrhinus . Dorytomodes was subsequently sunk as a synonym of Peristoreus by Edwin S. ("Ted") Gourlay in 1950.

References

  1. New Zealand Organisms Register (2015). Peristoreus viridipennis (Broun, 1880) record contributed by NZIB and NZAC (Content Providers). Date of Access 2016-02-16
  2. Kuschel, G. 1990: Beetles in a suburban environment: a New Zealand case study. DSIR Plant Protection report, (3) Full book (PDF)
  3. Broun, T. 1880: Manual of the New Zealand Coleoptera. Colonial Museum and Geological Survey Department, Wellington. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.9559 [See p. 452
  4. Marshall, G.A.K. 1926: Some new Curculionidae from New Zealand (Col.) Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9), 18(103): 1-16, plate I. doi:10.1080/00222932608633472
  5. Gourlay, E.S. 1950: Auckland Island Coleoptera. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 78(2-3): 171-202, plates 21-23. Full article (PDF)

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Taxon identifiers
Peristoreus viridipennis
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