Rhopalomerus robustus

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: Rhopalomerus
Species: Rhopalomerus robustus

Name

• Rhopalomerus robustus (Marshall, 1926)
  • Authority for placement: synonymy of Aneugnomus Marshall, 1937
  • Current placement: Rhopalomerus Blanchard, 1849, as valid species
  • Gender: changeable (-us, -um, -a)
  • Original status: valid species
  • Primary type: holotype
    • Fixation: unique
    • Description: [adult] male
    • Repository: BMNH
  • Type locality: 'Mt. Arthur, 4300 ft.'

Combinations

• Aneugnomus robustus: Marshall, 1937: 330 (by implication from 'It [Aneugnomus] includes all the species listed under Eugnomus in Hudson's New Zealand Beetles (p. 219), except bryobius, Broun, which is transferred below to a new genus, and albisetosus, Broun, which is a true Eugnomus')
• Eugnomus robustus: original combination

References

Primary references

• Marshall, G.A.K. 1926. Some new Curculionidae from New Zealand (Col.) Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9) 18(103): 1–16, plate I. DOI: 10.1080/00222932608633472 . BUGZ Reference page.  [first availability, see p. 7, and Pl. I. fig. 4]

Additional references

• Hudson, G.V. 1934: New Zealand beetles and their larvae: an elementary introduction to the study of our native Coleoptera. Ferguson & Osborne, Wellington. Full book (PDF) on BUGZ Reference page.  [listed, see p. 219, as Eugnomus robusta]
• Marshall, G.A.K. 1937. New Curculionidae (Col.) from New Zealand. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 67: 316–340, plate 45. Online. Reference page.