Aralius

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Superfamilia: Curculionoidea

Familia: Belidae
Subfamilia: Oxycoryninae
Genus: Aralius
Species (4): A. dispar - A. gemellus - A. olivieri - A. wollastoni

[source: Kuschel (2008: 111)]
Name

Aralius Kuschel, 1990 ZooBank [new replacement name for Platycephala Montrouzier, 1861]

Original status: valid genus
Type species: Platycephala olivieri Montrouzier, 1861
Fixation: automatic

Synonyms

Platycephala Montrouzier, 1861 [junior homonym]
Incorrect subsequent spelling: Platytycephala: Kuschel, 2008: 111
Type species: Platycephala olivieri Montrouzier, 1861
Fixation: monotypy

References
cited sources

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. 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
Montrouzier, P. 1861: Essai sur la faune entomologique de la Nouvelle-Calédonie (Balade) et des îles des Pins, Art, Lifu, etc. Coléoptères. (Fin) (1). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France (4), 1: 265–306. Internet Archive BHL

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.
Kuschel, G. 2003: Nemonychidae, Belidae, Brentidae (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionoidea). Fauna of New Zealand, (45 )
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.
Leschen, R.A.B.; Lawrence, J.F.; Kuschel, G.; Thorpe, S.; Wang, Q. 2003: Coleoptera genera of New Zealand. New Zealand entomologist, 26: 15–28.
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.

Links

Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist [no record]
EoL [no data, except for an unidentified species with an NCBI link]
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