Myrtonymus

Myrtonymus zelandicus

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: Brachycerinae
Tribus: Myrtonymini
Genus: Myrtonymus
Species (6): M. australicus – M. caledonicus – M. eucalypti – M. moorei – M. peckorum – M. zelandicus

Name

Myrtonymus Kuschel, 1990: 80

• Type species: Myrtonymus zelandicus Kuschel, 1990, fixed by Original designation (p. 80) [and monotypy].

References

Primary 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.  [original description: p. 80]

Additional references

• Grebennikov, V.V. 2010: First Alaocybites weevil (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionoidea) from the Eastern Palaearctic: a new microphthalmic species and generic relationships. Arthropod systematics & phylogeny, 68(3): 331–365. PDF
• Kuschel, G. 2014: The blind weevils of Myrtonymina in New Caledonia and Australia (Curculionidae: Curculioninae: Erirhinini: Myrtonymina). Mémoires du Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle 206: 165–180. Reference page.