Peristoreus viridipennis

Peristoreus viridipennis
Peristoreus viridipennis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Curculionidae
Genus:	Peristoreus
Species:	P. viridipennis
Binomial name
Peristoreus viridipennis (Broun, 1880)

Peristoreus viridipennis is a species of true weevil. It is endemic to New Zealand. ^[1] It is associated with plants of the genus Muehlenbeckia . ^[2]

P. viridipennis was originally named Erirhinus viridipennis by Thomas Broun in 1880. ^[3] Then, in 1926, Guy A. K. Marshall described a new genus called Dorytomodes, into which he provisionally transferred all species placed by Broun in Erirrhinus [=Erirhinus]. ^[4] Dorytomodes was subsequently sunk as a synonym of Peristoreus by Edwin S. ("Ted") Gourlay in 1950. ^[5]

References

1. New Zealand Organisms Register (2015). Peristoreus viridipennis (Broun, 1880) record contributed by NZIB and NZAC (Content Providers). Date of Access 2016-02-16
2. Kuschel, G. 1990: Beetles in a suburban environment: a New Zealand case study. DSIR Plant Protection report, (3) Full book (PDF) [See p. 72]
3. Broun, T. 1880: Manual of the New Zealand Coleoptera. Colonial Museum and Geological Survey Department, Wellington. doi : 10.5962/bhl.title.9559 [See p. 452
4. Marshall, Guy A.K. (1926). "Some new Curculionidæ from New Zealand (Col.)". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 9th series. 18 (103): 1–16. doi: 10.1080/00222932608633472 . [See p. 10; '... Erirrhinus, Broun (nec Schh.), must provisionally be merged in Dorytomodes.']
5. Gourlay, E.S. (1950). "Auckland Island Coleoptera" (PDF). Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 78 (2–3): 171–202, plates 21–23. [See p. 197; 'n.syn.']

External links

• Observations from citizen scientists in New Zealand recorded via NatureWatch NZ