Myrtonymus caledonicus

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: Myrtonymus caledonicus

Name

Myrtonymus caledonicus Kuschel, 2014: 169

• Original genus: Myrtonymus Kuschel, 1990
• Original status: Valid species
• Primary type: Holotype
  • Fixation: Designated and presumably unique
  • Description: [Adult] male
  • Repository: MNHN
• Type locality: 'New Caledonia, ..., Mont Do (Boulouparis), 21°45’S 160°00’E, 928 m'
• ZooBank: 022A213C-CFED-4239-B75C-3DFCABBA7B00

References

• 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.  [See p. 169, and figs. 1, 2, 3; original description (male)]