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Amycterus

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Amycterus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Curculionidae
Tribe: Amycterini
Genus: Amycterus
Schoenherr, 1823
Type species
Amycterus talpa
Synonyms[1]

Phalidura
Psalidura
Aphalidura
Eustatius
Prophalidura

Amycterus is a genus of weevils belonging to the Amycterini tribe in the family Curculionidae, first described by Carl Johan Schönherr in 1823.[1][2] The decisions for synonymy are based on work by Alonso-Zarazaga, M.A. and Lyal, C.H.C.[3] and Elwood Zimmerman (Aphalidura, Eustatius, Prophalidura).[1][4]

The species of this genus are found in New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland the Northern Territory,[1] and Tasmania.[5]

Species

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Species listed in the Australian Faunal Directory are:[1]


Further reading

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  • Geo R. Waterhouse (24 April 2009). "XI. Notes on the Species of Amycterus and Allied Genera, with Descriptions of some New Species". Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London. 8 (2): 75–80. doi:10.1111/J.1365-2311.1854.TB02662.X. ISSN 0035-8894. Wikidata Q99962094.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Australian Faunal Directory: Amycterus". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  2. ^ Schoenherr, C.J. 1823. Tabula synoptica familiae Curculionidum. Isis von Oken 10: 1132-1146 [1144].
  3. ^ Alonso-Zarazaga, M.A. & Lyal, C.H.C 1999. A world catalogue of families and genera of Curculionoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) (excepting Scolytidae and Platypodidae). Barcelona : Entomopraxis 315 pp. [Date published 27-XII-1999] [17, 139]
  4. ^ Zimmerman, E.C. (1993) Australian weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea) Vol. III Nanophyidae, Rhynchophoridae, Erirhinidae, Curculionidae: Amycterinae. Melbourne : CSIRO Publications
  5. ^ "Amycterus C.J.Schoenherr, 1823". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
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