Acanthopterus velatus

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: Cyclominae
Tribus: Aterpini
Genus: Acanthopterus
Species: Acanthopterus velatus

Name

Acanthopterus velatus Kuschel, 2014: 145

• Original genus: Acanthopterus Faust, 1889
• Original status: Valid species
• Primary type: Holotype
  • Fixation: Designated
  • Description: [Adult] female
  • Repository: MNHN
• Type locality: 'New Caledonia, ..., Mt Dzumak Road (7th km), 22°05’S 166°27’E, 700 m'
• ZooBank: FFC24697-8532-423B-AF6A-4B91DDCE7A85

References

• Kuschel, G. 2014: The New Caledonian and Fijian species of Aterpini and Gonipterini (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Mémoires du Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle 206: 133–163. Reference page.  [See p. 145, and figs. 15, 16; original description (female)]

For more multimedia, look at Acanthopterus velatus on Wikimedia Commons.