Aralius wollastoni

Taxonavigation

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Aralius wollastoni (probably female), length about 2.6 mm
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: Belidae
Subfamilia: Oxycoryninae
Genus: Aralius
Species: Aralius wollastoni

Name

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  • Aralius wollastoni (Sharp, 1876)
    • Authority for current placement: Kuschel, 1990: 79 ('n.comb.')
      • undisputed by all subsequent authorities
    • Obsolete combination: Platycephala wollastoni: May, 1987: 45
    • Original genus: Aglycyderes
    • Original status: valid species
    • Primary type: lectotype
      • Fixation: designated by Kuschel (2003: 30)
      • Description: [adult] male
      • Repository: BMNH
    • Type locality: 'Tairua'

Synonyms

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  • Aglycyderes badius Broun, 1880
    • Authority for current placement: Kuschel, 1990: 79 ('n.syn.')
    • Primary type: holotype
      • Fixation: unique
      • Description: [adult] male
      • Repository: BMNH
    • Type locality: 'Parua'
  • Platycephala jeanneli Paulian, 1944
    • Authority for current placement: Kuschel, 1990: 79 ('n.syn.')
    • Primary type: holotype
      • Fixation: unique
      • Description: [adult] male
      • Repository: MNHN
    • Type locality: 'Auckland'

References

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cited sources

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  • Broun, T. 1880: Manual of the New Zealand Coleoptera. Colonial Museum and Geological Survey Department, Wellington. Internet Archive BHL BUGZ

Additional references

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  • Kuschel, G. 2008: Curculionoidea (weevils) of New Caledonia and Vanuatu: ancestral families and some Curculionidae. In: Grandcolas, P. (ed.), Zoologia Neocaledonica 6. Biodiversity studies in New Caledonia. Mémoires du Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, 197: 99–250. ISBN 9782856536056 ISSN: 1243-4442
  • Johns, P.M. 1986: Arthropods of Banks Peninsula reserves. Report to the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Christchurch. [August 1986]
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