Christensenia

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
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Superfamilia: Curculionoidea

Familia: Curculionidae
Subfamilia: Entiminae
Tribus: Ectemnorhinini
Genus: Christensenia
Species: C. antarctica – C. dreuxi
Name

Christensenia Brinck, 1945

Synonyms

Neocanonopsis Hoffmann, 1964
Synonymised by: Chown & Kuschel, 1994: 150 ('syn. n.') [source: Chown & Kuschel (1994: 150)]

References
cited sources

Chown, S.L.; Kuschel, G. 1994: New Bothrometopus species from Possession Island, Crozet Archipelago, with nomenclatural amendments and a key to its weevil fauna (Coleoptera: Curculionidae<: Brachycerinae). African entomology, 2(2): 149–154. ISSN: 1021-3589

Additional references

Bailly, S.; Dreux, P. 1992: Caryotypes de Neocanonopsis dreuxi Hoffmann et Christensenia antarctica Brinck, Curculionidae Ectemnorrhininae (Insectes, Coléoptères) de l’archipel Crozet. Genet Sel Evol, 24: 289–303. PDF
Dreux, P.; Voisin, J.-F. 1983: Sur les genres Christensenia Brinck et Neocanonopsis Hoffmann (Coleopteres Curculionidae Ectemnorrhininae). L'Entomologiste, 39: 209–214. [not seen]
Hoffmann, A. 1964: Un nouveau Curculionide de l'Ile de la Possession (Archipel des Crozet). Revue française d'entomologie, 31: 36–39. [not seen]

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Christensenia is a genus of weevils in the family Curculionidae.