Peristoreus viridipennis is a species of true weevil. It is endemic to New Zealand.[1] It is associated with plants of the genus Muehlenbeckia.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Curculionidae |
| Genus: | Peristoreus |
| Species: | P. viridipennis
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| Binomial name | |
| Peristoreus viridipennis (Broun, 1880)
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P. viridipennis was originally named Erirhinus viridipennis by Broun in 1880.[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 Edwin S. ("Ted") Gourlay in 1950.[5]
References
edit- ^ New Zealand Organisms Register (2015). Peristoreus viridipennis (Broun, 1880) record contributed by NZIB and NZAC (Content Providers). Date of Access 2016-02-16
- ^ Kuschel, G. 1990: Beetles in a suburban environment: a New Zealand case study. DSIR Plant Protection report, (3) Full book (PDF) [See p. 72]
- ^ Broun, T. 1880: Manual of the New Zealand Coleoptera. Colonial Museum and Geological Survey Department, Wellington. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.9559 [See p. 452
- ^ Marshall, G.A.K. 1926: Some new Curculionidae from New Zealand (Col.) Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9), 18(103): 1-16, plate I. doi:10.1080/00222932608633472 [See p. 10; '... Erirrhinus, Broun (nec Schh.), must provisionally be merged in Dorytomodes.']
- ^ Gourlay, E.S. 1950: Auckland Island Coleoptera. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 78(2-3): 171-202, plates 21-23. Full article (PDF) [See p. 197; 'n.syn.']