Peristoreus

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Peristoreus
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Peristoreus flavitarsis (Broun, 1880)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Curculionidae
Subfamily: Curculioninae
Tribe: Storeini
Genus: Peristoreus
Kirsch, 1877 [1]
Species

See text.

Peristoreus is a weevil genus native to New Zealand. [2] This genus was first described in 1877 by Theodor Franz Wilhelm Kirsch. [1]

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Species

Species contained within the genus of Peristoreus are: [3]

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<i>Peristoreus flavitarsis</i> Species of beetle

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<i>Peristoreus fulvus</i> Species of beetle

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<i>Peristoreus viridipennis</i> Species of beetle

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References

  1. 1 2 Kirsch (1877). "Die Käferfauna der Auckland-Inseln, nach Herm. Krone's Sammlungen beschrieben von H. V. Kiesenwetter und Th. Kirsch in Dresden". Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift. 21: 170–171. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
  2. ↑ Leschen, Richard A. B.; Lawrence, John F.; Kuschel, Guillermo; Thorpe, Stephen; Wang, Qiao (December 2003). "Coleoptera genera of New Zealand". New Zealand Entomologist. 26: 15–28. CiteSeerX   10.1.1.728.6829 . doi:10.1080/00779962.2003.9722105. S2CID   85828745.
  3. ↑ "Peristoreus". New Zealand Organisms Register. Landcare Research. Retrieved 10 September 2016.


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