Peristoreus stramineus

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Peristoreus stramineus
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Peristoreus stramineus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Curculionidae
Subfamily: Curculioninae
Genus: Peristoreus
Species:
P. stramineus
Binomial name
Peristoreus stramineus
(Broun, 1881)
Synonyms

Erirhinus nocens Broun, 1881 [1] Erirhinus subconicollis Broun, 1923 [1]

Peristoreus stramineus is a species of true weevil. It is endemic to New Zealand. [2] The larvae develop in flower buds of Hoheria populnea . [3]

P. stramineus was originally named Erirhinus stramineus by Broun in 1881. [4] Then, in 1926, Marshall described a new genus called Dorytomodes, into which he provisionally transferred all species placed by Broun in Erirrhinus [=Erirhinus]. [5] Dorytomodes was subsequently sunk as a synonym of Peristoreus by Edward S. ("Ted") Gourlay in 1950. [6]

P. stramineus has been found in the northern North Island (including nearby offshore islands, e.g. Poor Knights), south to the Hawke's Bay Region. [7] It has also been reported from the South Island (Banks Peninsula), as a seed predator in fruit of Hoheria angustifolia . [8]

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References

  1. 1 2 Kuschel, G. 1982: Apionidae and Curculionidae (Coleoptera) from the Poor Knights Islands, New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 12(3): 273-282. doi:10.1080/03036758.1982.10415349 [See p. 280; 'syn. nov.']
  2. ↑ New Zealand Organisms Register (2015). Peristoreus stramineus (Broun, 1881) record contributed by NZIB and NZAC (Content Providers). Date of Access 2015-11-01
  3. ↑ May, B.M. 1987: Immature stages of Curculionoidea (Coleoptera): rearing records 1964–1986. New Zealand entomologist, 9: 44-56. doi : 10.1080/00779962.1987.9722492 Abstract and full article (PDF) Archived 2013-02-09 at the Wayback Machine [See p. 50]
  4. ↑ Broun, T. 1881: Manual of the New Zealand Coleoptera. Part II. Colonial Museum and Geological Survey Department, Wellington. doi : 10.5962/bhl.title.9559 [See p. 709]
  5. ↑ 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 [See p. 10; '... Erirrhinus, Broun (nec Schh.), must provisionally be merged in Dorytomodes.']
  6. ↑ Gourlay, E.S. 1950: Auckland Island Coleoptera. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 78(2-3): 171-202, plates 21-23. Full article (PDF) [See p. 197; 'n.syn.']
  7. ↑ Kuschel, G. 1982: Apionidae and Curculionidae (Coleoptera) from the Poor Knights Islands, New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 12(3): 273-282. doi : 10.1080/03036758.1982.10415349 [See p. 280]
  8. ↑ Sullivan, J.J.; Burrows, C.J.; Dugdale, J.S. 1995: Insect predation of seeds of native New Zealand woody plants in some central South Island localities. New Zealand journal of botany, 33(3): 355-364. doi : 10.1080/0028825X.1995.10412962 [See p. 359]
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