Mecosargon

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: Aterpini
Subtribus: Aterpina
Genus: Anagotus
Synonym: Mecosargon
Invalid combinations (1): M. costipennis

Name

• Mecosargon Broun, 1915
  • Authority for current placement: Kuschel, 1982: 281
    • undisputed by all subsequent authorities
  • Gender: [masculine]
  • Original status: valid genus
  • Type species: Mecosargon costipennis Broun, 1915
    • Fixation: monotypy

References

Primary references

• Broun, T. 1915: Descriptions of new genera and species of Coleoptera. Part IV. New Zealand Institute bulletin, (1)(4): 267–346. BHL [first availability, see p. 329]

selected references

• Kuschel, G. 1982. Apionidae and Curculionidae (Coleoptera) from the Poor Knights Islands, New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 12(3): 273–282. DOI: 10.1080/03036758.1982.10415349 Google books. Reference page.  [see p. 281]
• 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.  [see p. 324, 'I can find no character by which to separate Mecosargon from Pparchus and am satisfied that they are congeneric']

Links

• BHL bibliography
• Mecosargon – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Mecosargon.
• ION
• Nomenclator Zoologicus