Proterhinus samoae

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: Belidae
Subfamilia: Oxycoryninae
Genus: Proterhinus
Species: Proterhinus samoae

Name

• Proterhinus samoae Perkins, 1907: 88
  • Authority for current placement: original
    • undisputed by all subsequent authorities
  • Original genus: Proterhinus Sharp, 1878
  • Original status: valid species
  • Primary type: holotype
    • Fixation: unique ['the single example ...']
    • Description: [adult] male
    • Repository: BPBM
  • Type locality: 'the single example was bred from the woody drupe or the stem of attachment of a cocoanut, imported [into Hawaii] as seed from Samoa'

References

• Perkins, R.C.L. 1907: On a species of Proterhinus from Samoa (Coleoptera). Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society, 1 (3): 87–88. BHL
• Zimmerman, E.C. & Perrault, G.H. 1989: Aglycyderidae of the Society Islands (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea). Bishop Museum occasional papers 29: 151-173. Reference page.