Rhopalomerus argutus

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: Curculioninae
Tribus: Eugnomini
Subtribus: Eugnomina
Genus: Rhopalomerus
Species: Rhopalomerus argutus

Name

• Rhopalomerus argutus (Sharp, 1883)
  • Authority for placement: synonymy of Aneugnomus Marshall, 1937
  • Current placement: Rhopalomerus Blanchard, 1849, as valid species
  • Primary type: syntypes (5)
    • Fixation: automatic ('five specimens')
  • Type locality: 'Greymouth'

Combinations

• Aneugnomus argutus: Marshall, 1937: 330 (by implication from 'It [Aneugnomus] includes all the species listed under Eugnomus in Hudson's New Zealand Beetles (p. 219), except bryobius, Broun, which is transferred below to a new genus, and albisetosus, Broun, which is a true Eugnomus')
• Eugnomus argutus: original combination

References

Primary references

• Sharp, D. 1883: Some new species and genera of Coleoptera from New Zealand (Concluded from p. 27). Entomologist's monthly magazine 20: 66-68. BHL Reference page.  [first availability, see p. 67

Additional references

• Hudson, G.V. 1934: New Zealand beetles and their larvae: an elementary introduction to the study of our native Coleoptera. Ferguson & Osborne, Wellington. Full book (PDF) on BUGZ Reference page.  [listed, see p. 219]
• Marshall, G.A.K. 1937. New Curculionidae (Col.) from New Zealand. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 67: 316–340, plate 45. Online. Reference page.