Peristoreus fulvus: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Curculionidae
Genus
Peristoreus
Species
Peristoreus fulvus
Scientific Name
Peristoreus fulvus

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Peristoreus fulvus

Peristoreus fulvus is a species of true weevil. It is endemic to New Zealand. It is associated with plants of the genus Muehlenbeckia.

P. fulvus was originally named Erirhinus fulvus by Broun in 1886. Then, in 1926, Marshall described a new genus called Dorytomodes, into which he provisionally transferred all species placed by Broun in Erirrhinus [=Erirhinus]. Dorytomodes was subsequently sunk as a synonym of Peristoreus by Edward S. ("Ted") Gourlay in 1950.

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Peristoreus fulvus
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Peristoreus fulvus
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Peristoreus fulvus
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Peristoreus fulvus
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Peristoreus fulvus
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Peristoreus fulvus
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Peristoreus fulvus
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Peristoreus fulvus
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Peristoreus fulvus
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Peristoreus fulvus
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Peristoreus fulvus
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Peristoreus fulvus
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