Scolopterus
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Genus: | Scolopterus White, 1846
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Scolopterus is a genus of weevils from the family Curculionidae.[1] This genus was first described by Adam White in 1846.[2] The type species for this genus is Scolopterus tetracanthus White, 1846 by original designation.[3] Species from this genus are found in New Zealand.
Species
[edit]This genus contains the following species:
- Scolopterus aequus (Broun, 1880)
- Scolopterus penicillatus (White, 1846)
- Scolopterus tetracanthus (White, 1846)
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- ^ "Scolopterus". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 2017-08-12.
- ^ White, Adam (1846). "Insects of New Zealand". The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Erebus & Terror, Under the Command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross, R.N., F.R.S., During the Years 1839 to 1843. Vol. II. Reptiles, Fishes, Crustacea, Insects, Mollusca. 2: 1–24 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- ^ Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; Lyal, Christopher H. C. (2002). "Addenda and corrigenda to 'A World Catalogue of Families and Genera of Curculionoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera)'" (PDF). Zootaxa. 63 (1): 1–37. doi:10.11646/zoootaxa.63.1.1.