Myrtonymus

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: Brachycerinae
Tribus: Myrtonymini
Genus: Myrtonymus
Species (6): M. australicus – M. caledonicus – M. eucalypti – M. moorei – M. peckorum – M. zelandicus
Name

Myrtonymus Kuschel, 1990: 80

Type species: Myrtonymus zelandicus Kuschel, 1990, fixed by Original designation (p. 80) [and monotypy].

References
Primary references

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. [original description: p. 80]

Additional references

Grebennikov, V.V. 2010: First Alaocybites weevil (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionoidea) from the Eastern Palaearctic: a new microphthalmic species and generic relationships. Arthropod systematics & phylogeny, 68(3): 331–365. PDF
Kuschel, G. 2014: The blind weevils of Myrtonymina in New Caledonia and Australia (Curculionidae: Curculioninae: Erirhinini: Myrtonymina). Mémoires du Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle 206: 165–180. Reference page.