Steriphus
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Ordo: Coleoptera
Familia: Curculionidae
Name
Steriphus Erichson, 1842 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Steriphus Erichson, 1842: 190.
- Desiantha Pascoe, 1870: 193 (type species: Desiantha caudata Pascoe, 1870, subsequent designation by Zimmerman 1994[1]: 697).
- Brexius Pascoe, 1870: 201 (type species: Brexius murinus Pascoe, 1870, subsequent designation by Zimmerman 1994[1]: 697).
- Dryopais Broun, 1885: 387 (type species: Dryopais variabilis Broun, 1885, by indication, monotypy).
- Xerostygnus Broun, 1903: 79 (type species: Xerostygnus binodulus Broun, 1903, by indication, monotypy).
Type species
Steriphus solidus Erichson, 1842 (by indication, monotypy).
Diagnosis
Small to very small (3.0–6.5 mm); vestiture of subcircular scales and setae; scape long (surpassing posterior margin of eye when resting in scrobe); elytra with anteapical tubercle.
Relationships
Steriphus is the sister genus to the American genus Listronotus.
Species included
Steriphus albidoparsus (Lea, 1928); Steriphus alpinus (Lea, 1928); Steriphus angusticollis (Pascoe, 1870); Steriphus ascitus (Pascoe, 1876); Steriphus binodulus Broun, 1903; Steriphus caudatus (Pascoe, 1870); Steriphus curvisetosus (Lea, 1928); Steriphus diversipes (Pascoe,1870); Steriphus humeralis (Lea, 1928); Steriphus incotaminatus (Lea, 1899); Steriphus inermis (Lea, 1928); Steriphus irrasus (Lea, 1899); Steriphus longus (Lea, 1928); Steriphus major (Blackburn, 1890); Steriphus mecaspis (Lea, 1899); Steriphus metallicus (Lea, 1928); Steriphus mucronatus (Lea, 1928); Steriphus murinus (Pascoe, 1870); Steriphus parvicornis (Lea, 1928); Steriphus parvonigrus (Lea, 1928); Steriphus parvus (Blackburn, 1890); Steriphus pullus (Broun, 1910); Steriphus sericeus (Blackburn, 1890); Steriphus solidus Erichson, 1842; Steriphus stenoderes (Lea, 1928); Steriphus variabilis (Broun, 1885); Steriphus vittatus (Blackburn, 1893).
Host plants
Steriphus ascitus: Baumea articulata (R. Br.) Blake, Baumea rubiginosa (Spreng.) Boeck., Scirpus fluviatilis (Torr.) Sojak (Cyperaceae) and Typha orientalis C. B. Presl. (Typhaceae); Steriphus diversipes: Medicago sativa L. (Fabaceae) and Rumex acetosella L. (Polygonaceae); Steriphus variabilis: Cotula spp. (Asteraceae), Dichondra sp. (Convolvulaceae) and Myriophyllum sp. (Haloragaceae) (May, 1977; Kuschel, 1990).
Immature stages
Steriphus ascitus, Steriphus caudatus, Steriphus diversipes and Steriphus variabilis (May, 1970, 1977, 1993, 1994).
Geographical distribution
Australia and New Zealand (Schenkling and Marshall 1931[2]; Kuschel 1972[3], 1990[4]; May 1977[5]; Zimmerman 1994[1]).
Material examined
Steriphus ascitus (MZFC) and Steriphus variabilis (MZFC).
Taxon Treatment
- Morrone, J; 2013: The subtribes and genera of the tribe Listroderini (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Cyclominae): Phylogenetic analysis with systematic and biogeographical accounts ZooKeys, 273: 15-71. doi
Other References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Zimmerman E (1994) Australian weevils. Volume I. Anthribidae to Attelabidae. Centre of Scientific and Industrial Research, Melbourne.
- ↑ Schenkling S, Marshall G (1931) Coleopterorum Catalogus. Pars 114, Curculionidae: Cylindrorhininae, pp. 1–23. Junk, Berlin.
- ↑ Kuschel G (1972) The foreign Curculionoidea established in New Zealand (Insecta: Coleoptera). New Zealand Journal of Science 15: 273-289.
- ↑ Kuschel G (1990) Beetles in a suburban environment: A New Zealand case study. New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Auckland.
- ↑ May B (1977) Immature stages of Curculionidae: Larvae of the soil-dwelling weevils of New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 7: 189-228. doi: 10.1080/03036758.1977.10427160