Oreocalus latipennis

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: Curculioninae
Tribus: Eugnomini
Subtribus: Eugnomina
Genus: Oreocalus
Species: Oreocalus latipennis

Name

Oreocalus latipennis (Broun, 1914)

• • Authority for placement: objective (?) synonymy of original genus
  • Current placement: Oreocalus May, 1993, as valid species
  • Original genus: Oreocharis Broun, 1886
  • Primary type: holotype
    • Fixation: unique ('One...')
  • Type locality: 'Mount Hutt, near Methven ... at an altitude of 3,500 ft.'

Combinations

• Oreocharis latipennis

References

• Broun, T. 1914. Descriptions of new genera and species of Coleoptera. Part III. New Zealand Institute bulletin 1(3): 143–266. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.12470. BHL. Reference page.  [first availability, see p. 234]
• Brown, S.D.J. 2014: An observation of Oreocalus latipennis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) being attacked by Phymatophaea longula (Coleoptera: Cleridae). Weta 47: 47-51. Abstract and full article (PDF) Reference page.