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Puranius fasciculiger Blanchard

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Puranius fasciculiger (Blanchard)

Listroderes fasciculiger Blanchard 1851: 342; Kuschel 1955: 290 (Puranius); Kuschel 1986: 117 (Macrostyphlus); Morrone 1994: 49 (Puranius).

= Listroderes sobrinus Germain 1896: 732.

= Listroderes frigidus Germain 1896: 734; Kuschel 1949: 45 (Amathynetes).

= Amathynetes sobrinus Kuschel 1949: 45; Kuschel 1955: 288 (Puranius).

Geographic distribution as in figure 18.

Specimens examined: ARGENTINA: Tierra del Fuego, Bahía Thetys, II-20-1951, Torres col. (2 specimens with same data, MLP).

Temporal distribution: July to February.

Plant association: Senecio smithii (Morrone 1994).

According to Morrone (1994), this species inhabits the Valdivian province (Subantarctic). Based on two specimens from MLP, its distribution is extended to the Magellanic Forest province (Subantarctic).

Notes

Published as part of Posadas, Paula, 2012, Species composition and geographic distribution of Fuegian Curculionidae (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea), pp. 1-36 in Zootaxa 3303 on page 27, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.213158

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Blanchard
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Curculionidae
Genus
Puranius
Species
fasciculiger
Taxon rank
species

References

  • Blanchard, E. (1851) Fauna chilena. Insectos. Coleopteros. In: Gay, C. Historia fisica y politica de Chile, vol. 5, Zoologia. Published by the author, Paris, pp. 286 - 429.
  • Kuschel, G. (1955) Nuevas sinonimias y anotaciones sobre Curculionoidea (Coleoptera). Revista Chilena de Entomologia, 4, 261 - 312.
  • Kuschel, G. (1986) In: Wibmer G. & C. W. O'Brien. Annotated checklist of the weevils (Curculionidae sensu lato) of South America (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea). Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, 39, 1 - 563.
  • Morrone, J. J. (1994) Systematics, cladistics, and biogeography of the Andean weevil genera Macrostyphlus, Adioristidius, Puranius, and Amathynetoides, new genus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). American Museum Novitates, 1 - 63.
  • Kuschel, G. (1949) Los " Curculionidae " del extremo norte de Chile (Coleoptera, Curcul. Ap. 6 º) Acta Zoologica Lilloana, 8, 5 - 54.