Taxonavigation

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Xenocnema spinipes (male), length about 5 mm
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: Araucariini
Genus: Xenocnema
Species (2): X. australiae – X. spinipes

[source: Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist]

Name

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Xenocnema Wollaston, 1873

References

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  • Macfarlane, R.P. et al. 2010: [Chapter] NINE Phylum ARTHROPODA SUBPHYLUM HEXAPODA Protura, springtails, Diplura, and insects. Pp. 233-467 in Gordon, D.P. (ed.): New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume 2. Kingdom Animalia. Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch, New Zealand. ISBN 978-1-87725793-3
  • Mecke, R.; Mille, C.; Engels, W. 2005: Araucaria beetles worldwide: evolution and host adaptations of a multi-genus phytophagous guild of disjunct Gondwana-derived biogeographic occurrence. Pró Araucária Online, 1: 1–18. ISSN: 1619-635X [electronic publication] PDF
  • Morimoto, K.; Kojima, H. 2003: Morphologic characters of the weevil head and phylogenetic implications (Coleoptera, Curculionoidea). Esakia, (43): 133–169.
  • Wollaston, T.V. 1873: On the genera of the Cossonidae. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 1873: 427–657. Internet Archive BHL
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