Dryophthorus assimilis

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: Dryophthorinae
Tribus: Dryophthorini
Genus: Dryophthorus
Species: Dryophthorus assimilis

Name

Dryophthorus assimilis Gahan, 1900: 116

• Csiki, E. (1936) treats D. assimilis as a synonym of D. americanus Bedel, but he provides no reference for the synonymy. Further, the type locality of D. assimilis is Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean, which, considering the range of D. americanus is eastern North America, makes the synonymy improbable.

Selected References

• Csiki, E. 1936: Curculionidae: Cossoninae. Pp. 105-212 in Schenkling, ed., Coleopterorum Catalogus. W. Junk’s Gravenhage, Vol. 30, Pt. 149.
• Gahan, C. G. (et al.) 1900: Order 4, Coleoptera. Pp. 89-126 in Andrews (Ed.) A monograph of Christmas Island (Indian Ocean): physical features and geology, with descriptions of the flora and fauna by numerous contributors. British Museum (Natural History), London. xiii + 337 pp. + 21 pl. Biodiversity Heritage Library