Myrtonymus eucalypti

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 eucalypti

Name

Myrtonymus eucalypti Kuschel, 2014: 172

• Original genus: Myrtonymus Kuschel, 1990
• Original status: Valid species
• Primary type: Holotype
  • Fixation: Designated
  • Description: [Adult] male
  • Repository: ANIC
• Type locality: 'Australia, ..., Western Australia, Suas Bridge, 50 km SW of Nannup' [AUSTRALIA WA]
• ZooBank: 1A4902D8-B17E-4911-ADEE-D39DE3EA0750

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. 172, and figs. 8-10; original description (female, male)]

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