Aralius wollastoni

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Superfamilia: Curculionoidea

Familia: Belidae
Subfamilia: Oxycoryninae
Genus: Aralius
Species: Aralius wollastoni
Name

Aralius wollastoni (Sharp, 1876)
Authority for current placement: Kuschel, 1990: 79 ('n.comb.')
undisputed by all subsequent authorities
Obsolete combination: Platycephala wollastoni: May, 1987: 45
Original genus: Aglycyderes
Original status: valid species
Primary type: lectotype
Fixation: designated by Kuschel (2003: 30)
Description: [adult] male
Repository: BMNH
Type locality: 'Tairua'

Synonyms

Aglycyderes badius Broun, 1880
Authority for current placement: Kuschel, 1990: 79 ('n.syn.')
Primary type: holotype
Fixation: unique
Description: [adult] male
Repository: BMNH
Type locality: 'Parua'
Platycephala jeanneli Paulian, 1944
Authority for current placement: Kuschel, 1990: 79 ('n.syn.')
Primary type: holotype
Fixation: unique
Description: [adult] male
Repository: MNHN
Type locality: 'Auckland'

References
cited sources

Broun, T. 1880: Manual of the New Zealand Coleoptera. Colonial Museum and Geological Survey Department, Wellington. Internet Archive BHL BUGZ

Kuschel, G. 1990. Beetles in a suburban environment: A New Zealand case study. The identity and status of Coleoptera in the natural and modified habitats of Lynfield, Auckland (1974–1989). DSIR Plant Protection report, 3. 119 pp. ISBN 0-477-02596-X PDF. Reference page.
Kuschel, G. 2003: Nemonychidae, Belidae, Brentidae (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionoidea). Fauna of New Zealand, 45. Online. ISBN 0-478-09348-9 Reference page
May, B.M. 1987: Immature stages of Curculionoidea (Coleoptera): rearing records 1964-1986. New Zealand entomologist, 9: 44–56. DOI: 10.1080/00779962.1987.9722492 abstract and pdf
Paulian, R. 1944: Les Aglycyderidae, une famille relicte (Col.) Revue Française d'Entomologie 10: 113–119. Reference page.
Sharp, D. 1876: On the Colydiidae of New Zealand. Annals and magazine of natural history (4), 18: 17–29. Internet Archive BHL

Additional references

Kuschel, G. 2008: Curculionoidea (weevils) of New Caledonia and Vanuatu: ancestral families and some Curculionidae. In: Grandcolas, P. (ed.), Zoologia Neocaledonica 6. Biodiversity studies in New Caledonia. Mémoires du Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, 197: 99–250. ISBN 9782856536056 ISSN: 1243-4442
Johns, P.M. 1986: Arthropods of Banks Peninsula reserves. Report to the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Christchurch. [August 1986]

Legalov, A.A. 2009: Annotated checklist of recent and fossil species of the family Belidae (Coleoptera) from the world fauna. Amurian zoological journal 1(4): 296–324. Online.
Macfarlane, R.P., Maddison, P.A., Andrew, I.G., Berry, J.A., Johns, P.M., Hoare, R.J.B., Larivière, M.-C., Greenslade, P., Henderson, R.C., Smithers, C.N., Palma, R.L., Ward, J.B., Pilgrim, R.L.C., Towns, D.R., McLellan, I., Teulon, D.A.J., Hitchings, T.R., Eastop, V.F., Martin, N.A., Fletcher, M.J., Stufkens, M.A.W., Dale, P.J., Burckhardt, D., Buckley, T.R. & Trewick, S.A. 2010. Phylum Arthropoda subphylum Hexapoda: Protura, springtails, Diplura, and insects. Pp. 233–467 in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) 2010. New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume 2. Kingdom Animalia. Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch, New Zealand. Reference page. PDF. Reference page. [listed, p. 430]
Morimoto, K.; Kojima, H. 2003: Morphologic characters of the weevil head and phylogenetic implications (Coleoptera, Curculionoidea). Esakia, (43 ): 133–169.

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