Biology:Costelytra zealandica
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Costelytra |
| Species: | C. zealandica
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| Binomial name | |
| Costelytra zealandica (White, 1846)
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Rhisotrogus zealandica White, 1846 | |
Costelytra zealandica (commonly known as the grass grub)[1] is a species of scarab beetle found in forested areas of greater Wellington.[2][3] It was originally described in 1846 by the British entomologist Adam White as Rhisotrogus zealandicus from a specimen obtained during the Ross expedition.[4] The species is known to feed on roots of plants and trees, so is considered a pest for many farm pastures.[1]
Prior to 2016, the New Zealand grass grub was mischaracterized as C. zealandica. In 2016 Coca-Abia and Romero-Samper found differences in syntype specimens between White's (1846) C. zealandica[4] and Given's (1952) description and revised the species name of the latter to Costelytra giveni after Given.[3][5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Wise, K.A.J. (1995). "RECORDS CONCERNING BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF INSECT PESTS BY NEUROPTEROIDEA (INSECTA) IN NEW ZEALAND". Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum 32: 101–117. ISSN 0067-0464.
- ↑ "Oldstyle id: cd96b200ef1bb75a65252fbfe2199882". Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/details/species/id/cd96b200ef1bb75a65252fbfe2199882.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "New name for Common Grass Grub". Otago Daily Times. https://www.pressreader.com/new-zealand/otago-daily-times/20170213/282312499819751.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 White, Adam; Butler, Arthur Gardiner (1846). The zoology of the voyage of the H.M.S. Erebus & Terror, under the command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross - Insects. London: E. W. Janson. p. 10. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.7364. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6962838#page/209/mode/1up. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
- ↑ Coca-Abia, M. M.; Romero-Samper, J. (2016-07-02). "Establishment of the identity of Costelytra zealandica (White 1846) (Coleoptera: Scarabeidae: Melolonthinae) a species commonly known as the New Zealand grass grub". New Zealand Entomologist 39 (2): 129–146. doi:10.1080/00779962.2016.1230254. ISSN 0077-9962. https://doi.org/10.1080/00779962.2016.1230254.
Wikidata ☰ Q2107721 entry
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