Mandalotus

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: Curculionidae
Subfamilia: Entiminae
Tribus: Tropiphorini
Genus: Mandalotus
Species: M. irritus – M. miricollis
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Name

Mandalotus Erichson, 1842

Synonyms

Aporolobus Sharp, 1886
Authority for synonymy: Kuschel, 1972: 283 fn. ('New synonymy')

References

Erichson, W.F. 1842: Beitrag zur Insecten-Fauna von Vandiemansland, mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der geographischen Verbreitung der Insecten. Archiv für Naturgeschichte, 8: 83–287, plates IV-V. Internet Archive BHL
Kuschel, G. 1972: The foreign Curculionoidea established in New Zealand (Insecta: Coleoptera). New Zealand journal of science, 15: 273–289. BUGZ

Links

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Nomenclator Zoologicus

Mandalotus is a genus of weevils in the family Curculionidae. The species are considered crop pests in Australia.[1]
References and notes

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