Geochus posticalis, Broun, 1913

Leschen, Richard A. B., Davis, Steven, Brown, Samuel D. J., Brav-Cubitt, Talia & Buckley, Thomas R., 2022, The Enigmatic Dead-Leaf Miner Geochus Broun (Coleoptera: Curculionidae): Phylogenetic Placement, a New Species, and Lectotype Designations, The Coleopterists Bulletin 76 (1), pp. 1-35 : 29

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1649/0010-065X-76.1.1

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13252254

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scientific name

Geochus posticalis
status

 

GeOchUs pOsticalis Broun, 1913 ( Figs. 15–16 View Fig View Fig )

Geochus posticalis Broun 1913: 121 . Type locality: Wairiri, Kaikoura.

Type Depository. BMNH: HT .

Distribution. New Zealand (KA).

Remarks. Broun based the description on a single specimen that we confirmed as the holotype.

This species forms a species group with G. variegatus . Both species have evenly sized elytral tubercles, which are confined to a transverse line across the top of the elytral declivity, and a short subapical carina on the midline of the pronotum.

Type Material Examined. Holotype ( BMNH): card-mounted, “3291. [in Broun’s hand]// New Zealand. [red underline] Broun Coll. Brit. Mus. 1922-482.//Wairiri. Kaikoura [in Broun’ hand]// Geochus posticalis . [in Broun’s hand]”.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Curculionidae

Genus

Geochus

Loc

Geochus posticalis

Leschen, Richard A. B., Davis, Steven, Brown, Samuel D. J., Brav-Cubitt, Talia & Buckley, Thomas R. 2022
2022
Loc

Geochus posticalis

Broun 1913: 121
1913
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