Amylopterus pilosus

Taxonavigation

Amylopterus pilosus

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: Curculioninae
Tribus: Eugnomini
Subtribus: Eugnomina
Genus: Amylopterus
Species: Amylopterus pilosus

Amylopterus pilosus (Broun, 1877)

Original genus: Ancistropterus White, 1846
Original status: Valid species
Primary type: Holotype
- Fixation: Unique ('... only one example of it')
- Description: [Adult]
- Repository: BMNH?
Type locality: 'Tairua' [NEW ZEALAND CL]
ZooBank: 0923756F-9E3B-46E1-9F2A-E3707142AA9E

Broun, T. 1877. Descriptions of new species of Coleoptera. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 9: 371–374. BHL Reference page. [See p. 373; original description]
Broun, T. 1880. Manual of the New Zealand Coleoptera. Part 1. Pp. 1–651. Colonial Museum and Geological Survey Department, Wellington. BHL Reference page. [See p. 476; as new again!]
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. Full article (PDF) on BUGZ Reference page. [See p. 177]
Hudson, G.V. 1934: New Zealand beetles and their larvae: an elementary introduction to the study of our native Coleoptera. Ferguson & Osborne, Wellington. Full book (PDF) on BUGZ Reference page. [See p. 148; as Ancistropterus pilosus]
Marshall, G.A.K. 1937. New Curculionidae (Col.) from New Zealand. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 67: 316–340, plate 45. Online. Reference page. [See p. 329; 'The characters used above for separating Ancistropterus from Amylopterus will necessitate the transfer of Anc. pilosus, Broun, into the latter genus']

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