Megacolabus

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: Phrynixini
Genus: Megacolabus
Species: M. bifurcatus – M. decipiens – M. garviensis – M. harrisi – M. obesus – M. pteridosus – M. reductus – M. sculpturatus

Name

Megacolabus Broun, 1893

Gender

masculine

Synonyms

• Callomaoria Brookes, 1926 [synonymised by May, 1963: 151 ('new synonymy')]

Type species

• Callomaoria Brookes: Callomaoria harrisi Brookes, 1926, by original designation
• Megacolabus Broun: Megacolabus sculpturatus Broun, 1893, by monotypy

References

cited sources

• Brookes, A.E. 1926: A new genus and eight new species of Coleoptera. Transactions and proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 56: 440–448.
• Broun, T. 1893: Manual of the New Zealand Coleoptera. Parts V, VI, VII. New Zealand Institute, Wellington. Internet Archive BHL BUGZ
• May, B.M. 1963: Revision of the genus Megacolabus Broun 1893 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Rhyparosominae). Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, zoology, 3: 151–164. BUGZ

Additional references

• May, B.M. 1973: A new species of Megacolabus and descriptions of the immature stages of M. decipiens (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 3: 255–262. BUGZ
• Oberprieler, R.G. 2010: A reclassification of the weevil subfamily Cyclominae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Zootaxa, 2515: 1–35. Preview

Links

• ION search for Callomaoria
• ION search for Megacolabus
• Nomenclator Zoologicus search for Callomaoria
• Nomenclator Zoologicus search for Megacolabus