Whiteheadia (Curculionidae)

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: Lixinae
Tribus: Cleonini
Genus: Whiteheadia
Species (1): W. brevis

Name

• Whiteheadia Alonso-Zarazaga & Lyal, 1999
  • Gender: feminine
  • Original status: valid genus
  • Type species: Cleonus brevis Fåhraeus, 1842
    • Fixation: new replacement name for Amblysomus Faust, 1904

Etymology

• Donald Robert Whitehead (1938–1990)

Synonyms

• Amblysomus

Primary references

• Alonso-Zarazaga, M.A. & Lyal, C.H.C. 1999. A world catalogue of families and genera of Curculionoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) (excepting Scolytidae and Platypodidae). Entomopraxis, Barcelona. 315 pp. PDF. Reference page.  [first availability, see p. 193]