Biology:Didymus (beetle)

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Short description: Genus of beetles


Didymus
Didymus metrosideri (Broun, 1910) AMNZ21814.jpg
Didymus metrosideri
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Curculionidae
Subfamily: Cryptorhynchinae
Genus: Didymus
Kuschel, 1982[1]
Species

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Didymus is a genus of beetles known as weevils (insects in the family Curculionidae).[2] The genus contains the following species:

  • Didymus bicostatus
  • Didymus erroneous
  • Didymus impexus
  • Didymus intutus
  • Didymus metrosideri
  • Didymus setosus

The type species for this genus is Acalles intutus Pascoe, 1876 by original designation.[3] Species from this genus are found in New Zealand, the Kermadec and the Norfolk Islands.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kuschel, G. (1 September 1982). "Apionidae and Curculionidae (Coleoptera) from the Poor Knights Islands, New Zealand". Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 12 (3): 273–282. doi:10.1080/03036758.1982.10415349. ISSN 0303-6758. 
  2. Watt, J. Charles (September 1982). "Terrestrial arthropods from the Poor Knights Islands, New Zealand". Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 12 (3): 283–320. doi:10.1080/03036758.1982.10415350. 
  3. Lyal, C. H. C. 1 (2 December 1993). "Cryptorhynchinae (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae)". Fauna of New Zealand 29: 1–308. Archived from the original on 18 February 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130218101017/http://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/__data/assets/pdf_file/0017/49004/FNZ29Lyal1993150_001.pdf. Retrieved 22 December 2015. 

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