Irenimus aequalis

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: Entiminae
Tribus: Tropiphorini
Genus: Irenimus
Species: Irenimus aequalis

Name

• Irenimus aequalis (Broun, 1895)
  • Authority for current combination: Kuschel, 1969: 805 ('n.comb.')
  • Original combination: Catoptes aequalis
  • Original status: valid species
  • Primary type: holotype
    • Fixation: unique
    • Description: [adult] male
    • Repository: BMNH
  • Type locality: 'Ashburton'

Synonyms

• Catoptes carinalis Broun, 1914
  • Authority for synonymy: Kuschel, 1969: 805 ('New synonymy')
  • Original status: valid species
  • Primary type: holotype
    • Fixation: unique
    • Description: [adult] female [source: Kuschel (1969: 806)]
    • Repository: BMNH
  • Type locality: 'Pudding Hill, near Methven'
• Catoptes curvatus Broun, 1914
  • Authority for synonymy: Kuschel, 1969: 805 ('New synonymy')
  • Original status: valid species
  • Primary type: lectotype
    • Fixation: designated by Kuschel (1969: 806)
    • Description: [adult] male
    • Repository: BMNH
  • Type locality: 'Mt Hutt'

References

• Barratt, B.I.P. et al. 1998: Curculionoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) of New Zealand agricultural grassland and lucerne as potential non-target hosts of the parasitoids Microctonus aethiopoides Loan and Microctonus hyperodae Loan (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). New Zealand journal of zoology, 25(1): 47–63. DOI: 10.1080/03014223.1998.9518136
• Broun, T. 1895: Descriptions of new Coleoptera from New Zealand. Annals and magazine of natural history (6), 15: 67–88; 194-203; 234-245; 405-419. BHL BUGZ Internet Archive
• Broun, T. 1914: Descriptions of new genera and species of Coleoptera. Part III. New Zealand Institute bulletin, (1)(3): 143–266. BHL BUGZ Internet Archive
• Goldson, S.L.; McNeill, M.R.; Phillips, C.B.; Proffitt, J.R. 1992: Host specificity testing and suitability of the parasitoid Microctonus hyperodae (Hym.: Braconidae, Euphorinae) as a biological control agent of Listronotus bonariensis (Col.: Curculionidae) in New Zealand. Entomophaga, 37(3): 483–498. DOI: 10.1007/BF02373121
• Kuschel, G. 1969: The genus Catoptes Schönherr and two species oblitae of Fabricius from New Zealand (Coleoptera Curculionidae). New Zealand journal of science, 12: 789–810. BUGZ
• Macfarlane, R.P., Maddison, P.A., Andrew, I.G., Berry, J.A., Johns, P.M., Hoare, R.J.B., Larivière, M.-C., Greenslade, P., Henderson, R.C., Smithers, C.N., Palma, R.L., Ward, J.B., Pilgrim, R.L.C., Towns, D.R., McLellan, I., Teulon, D.A.J., Hitchings, T.R., Eastop, V.F., Martin, N.A., Fletcher, M.J., Stufkens, M.A.W., Dale, P.J., Burckhardt, D., Buckley, T.R. & Trewick, S.A. 2010. Phylum Arthropoda subphylum Hexapoda: Protura, springtails, Diplura, and insects. Pp. 233–467 in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) 2010. New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume 2. Kingdom Animalia. Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch, New Zealand. Reference page.  PDF. Reference page. 
• Marshall, G.A.K. 1931: New injurious Curculionidae (Col.). Bulletin of entomological research, 22: 417–421, plate XXI. DOI: 10.1017/S000748530002993X
• Moeed, A. 1976: Birds and their food resources at Christchurch International Airport, New Zealand. New Zealand journal of zoology, 3: 373–390. Google books
• Phillips, C.B.; Emberson, R.M. 1999: Morphological discrimination between first instar larvae of four euphorine parasitoids. BioControl, 44(2): 159–169. DOI: 10.1023/A:1009929427588
• Shaw, S.R. 1993: Three new Microctonus species indigenous to New Zealand (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). New Zealand entomologist, 16: 29–39.

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