Amylopterus

Life-forms

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: Curculionidae
Subfamilia: Curculioninae
Tribus: Eugnomini
Subtribus: Eugnomina
Genus: Amylopterus
Species (2): A. pilosus – A. prasinus
Name

Amylopterus Broun, 1886: 797

Type species: Ancistropterus prasinus Broun, 1883, fixed by monotypy.

References
Primary references

Broun, T. 1886. Manual of the New Zealand Coleoptera. Parts III and IV. Pp. 745–973. Colonial Museum and Geological Survey Department, Wellington. BHL (Part III), BHL (Part IV) Reference page. [See p. 797]

Additional references

Alonso-Zarazaga, M.A. & Lyal, C.H.C. 1999. A world catalogue of families and genera of Curculionoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) (excepting Scolytidae and Platypodidae). Entomopraxis, Barcelona. PDF. Reference page. [see p. 79]
Alonso-Zarazaga, M.A. & Lyal, C.H.C. 2002. Addenda and corrigenda to ‘A World Catalogue of Families and Genera of Curculionoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera)’. Zootaxa 63: 1–37. Abstract & excerpt Reference page. [see note on p. 16]
Marshall, G.A.K. 1937. New Curculionidae (Col.) from New Zealand. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 67: 316–340, plate 45. Online. Reference page. [see key on p. 328]

Links

New Zealand Weevil Images dorsal lateral [images of type species]