Pselactus spadix

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: Cossoninae
Tribus: Onycholipini
Genus: Pselactus
Species: Pselactus spadix

Name

• Pselactus spadix (Herbst, 1795)
  • Original combination: Curculio spadix
  • Combination: Codiosoma spadix

Synonyms

• Pselactus punctatus Broun, 1886
  • Authority for synonymy: Champion, 1913: 32 [accepted by Kuschel (1972: 277)]
  • Original status: valid species
  • Primary type: syntypes
    • Fixation:
    • Description: [adult] females, [adult] males
    • Repository: BMNH?
  • Type locality: '... in the sea sand, near New Plymouth'
• Pselactus ferrugineus Broun, 1909
  • Authority for synonymy: Kuschel, 1972: 277 ('New synonymy')
  • Original status: valid species
  • Primary type: holotype
    • Fixation: unique
    • Description: [adult] female
    • Repository: BMNH?
  • Type locality: 'Taranaki'

References

• Broun, T. 1886: Manual of the New Zealand Coleoptera. Parts III and IV. Colonial Museum and Geological Survey Department, Wellington. Internet Archive BHL BUGZ
• Broun, T. 1909(1908): Revision of the New Zealand Cossonidae, with descriptions of new genera and species. Transactions and proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 41: 151–215. BUGZ
• Champion, G.C. 1913: Codiosoma spadix, Herbst, in New Zealand. Entomologist's monthly magazine, 49: 32. Internet Archive BHL
• Kuschel, G. 1972: The foreign Curculionoidea established in New Zealand (Insecta: Coleoptera). New Zealand journal of science, 15: 273–289. BUGZ
• Macfarlane, R.P., Maddison, P.A., Andrew, I.G., Berry, J.A., Johns, P.M., Hoare, R.J.B., Larivière, M.-C., Greenslade, P., Henderson, R.C., Smithers, C.N., Palma, R.L., Ward, J.B., Pilgrim, R.L.C., Towns, D.R., McLellan, I., Teulon, D.A.J., Hitchings, T.R., Eastop, V.F., Martin, N.A., Fletcher, M.J., Stufkens, M.A.W., Dale, P.J., Burckhardt, D., Buckley, T.R. & Trewick, S.A. 2010. Phylum Arthropoda subphylum Hexapoda: Protura, springtails, Diplura, and insects. Pp. 233–467 in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) 2010. New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume 2. Kingdom Animalia. Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch, New Zealand. Reference page.  PDF. Reference page. 
• Oevering, P.; Matthews, B.J.; Cragg, S.M.; Pitman, A.J. 2001: Invertebrate biodeterioration of marine timbers above mean sea level along the coastlines of England and Wales. International biodeterioration & biodegradation, 47 (3): 175–181. DOI: 10.1016/S0964-8305(01)00046-4
• Oevering, P.; Pitman, A.J. 2002: Characteristics of attack of coastal timbers by Pselactus spadix (Herbst) (Col.: Curc.: Cossoninae) and an investigation of its life history. Holzforschung, 56 (4): 335–359. ISSN (print): 0018–3830 DOI: 10.1515/HF.2002.053
• Oevering, P.; Pitman, A.J. 2002: Substrate preferences by the intertidal wood boring weevil Pselactus spadix (Herbst). International biodeterioration & biodegradation, 50 (1): 11–15. DOI: 10.1016/S0964-8305(01)00127-5
• Oevering, P.; Pitman, A.J.; Pandey, K.K. 2003: Wood digestion in Pselactus spadix Herbst--a weevil attacking marine timber structures. Biofouling, 19 (suppl.): 249–254.

Links

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