Didymus metrosideri

Didymus metrosideri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Superfamily: Curculionoidea
Family: Curculionidae
Subfamily: Cryptorhynchinae
Genus: Didymus
Species: D. metrosideri
Binomial name
Didymus metrosideri
(Broun, 1910)[1]
Synonyms
  • Acalles metrosiderae Broun, 1910

Didymus metrosideri is an endemic weevil from the Kermadec Islands in New Zealand.[2] This species was discovered by W. L. Wallace during the 1908 Kermedec Islands expedition.

Taxonomy

D. metrosideri was originally described by Thomas Broun as Acalles metrosiderae.[3] In 1982 G. Kuschel proposed that the new genus Didymus replace the original genus Acalles.[2]

Distribution

Specimens of this beetle have been discovered on Raoul Island and on Macauley Island.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Didymus metrosideri (Broun, 1910)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
  2. 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): 276. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
  3. ↑ Broun, T. (1909). "The Coleoptera on the Kermadec Islands". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 42: 296–297. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
  4. ↑ Chinn, Warren G H (2015). "The Kermadec Islands terrestrial invertebrate fauna: Observations on the taxonomic distribution and island biogeography." (PDF). Bulletin of the Auckland Museum. 20: 450. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
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