Peristoreus

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

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

Species[edit]

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

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b 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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