Morronella

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: Cossoninae
Tribus: Pentarthrini
Genus: Morronella
Species: M. latirostris – M. lawsoni

Name

Morronella Alonso-Zarazaga & Lyal, 1999

Gender

feminine

Synonyms

• Heteropsis Wollaston, 1873 [junior homonym]
  • Morronella Alonso-Zarazaga & Lyal, 1999

Type species

• Heteropsis lawsoni Wollaston, 1873, by monotypy

References

cited sources

• Alonso-Zarazaga, M.A. & Lyal, C.H.C. 1999. A world catalogue of families and genera of Curculionoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) (excepting Scolytidae and Platypodidae). Entomopraxis, Barcelona. 315 pp. PDF. Reference page. 
• Wollaston, T.V. 1873: On the genera of the Cossonidae. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 1873: 427–657. Internet Archive BHL BUGZ

References

Additional references

• Leschen, R.A.B.; Lawrence, J.F.; Kuschel, G.; Thorpe, S.; Wang, Q. 2003: Coleoptera genera of New Zealand. New Zealand entomologist, 26: 15–28.
• Marshall, G.A.K. 1926: Some new Curculionidae from New Zealand (Col). Annals and magazine of natural history (9), 18: 1–16, plate I. BUGZ
• May, B.M. 1993: Larvae of Curculionoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera): a systematic overview. Fauna of New Zealand, (28)

Links

• ION search for Heteropsis
• ION search for Morronella
• Nomenclator Zoologicus search for Heteropsis
• Nomenclator Zoologicus search for Morronella