Peristoreus fulvus
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| Peristoreus fulvus | |
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| Peristoreus fulvus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Curculionidae |
| Genus: | Peristoreus |
| Species: | P. fulvus |
| Binomial name | |
| Peristoreus fulvus (Broun, 1886) | |
Peristoreus fulvus is a species of true weevil. It is endemic to New Zealand.[1] It is associated with plants of the genus Muehlenbeckia.[2]
P. fulvus was originally named Erirhinus fulvus by Broun in 1886.[3] Then, in 1926, Marshall described a new genus called Dorytomodes, into which he provisionally transferred all species placed by Broun in Erirrhinus [=Erirhinus].[4] Dorytomodes was subsequently sunk as a synonym of Peristoreus by Edward S. ("Ted") Gourlay in 1950.[5]