Desiantha

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: Listroderini
Subtribus: Palaechthina
Genus: Steriphus
Synonym: Desiantha

Name

• Desiantha Pascoe, 1870
  • Authority for current placement: Kuschel, 1990: 81 ('n.syn. fide E.C. Zimmerman (pers. comm.)')
    • undisputed by all subsequent authorities
  • Gender: [feminine]
  • Original status: valid genus
  • Type species: Desiantha caudata Pascoe, 1870
    • Fixation: subsequent designation by Zimmerman (1994: 697)

References

Primary references

• Pascoe, F.P. 1870: Descriptions of some genera and species of Australian Curculionidae. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 1870: 181–212, plate V. BHL [first availability, see p. 193]

Additional references

• Kuschel, G. 1990. Beetles in a suburban environment: A New Zealand case study. The identity and status of Coleoptera in the natural and modified habitats of Lynfield, Auckland (1974–1989). DSIR Plant Protection Report 3. 119 pp. ISBN 0-477-02596-X. PDF. Reference page. 

Links

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• Nomenclator Zoologicus