Taxonavigation

Familia: Curculionidae
Subfamilia: Curculioninae
Tribus: Eugnomini
Subtribus: Eugnomina
Genus: Oreocalus
Species: Oreocalus hebe

Name

• Oreocalus hebe (Marshall, 1937)
  • Authority for placement: objective (?) synonymy of original genus
  • Current placement: Oreocalus May, 1993, as valid species
  • Original genus: Oreocharis Broun, 1886
  • Primary type: syntypes (7)
    • Fixation: automatic
    • Description: 2 [adult] females, 5 [adult] males
  • Type association(s): 'bred from galls on Hebe traversii'
  • Type locality: 'South Island: Cass, Mackenzie'

Primary references

• Marshall, G.A.K. 1937: New Curculionidae (Col.) from New Zealand. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand 67: 316–340, plate 45. Online. Reference page. 

References

• Gourlay, E.S. 1964: Notes on New Zealand insects and records of introduced species. New Zealand entomologist 3(3): 45–51. DOI: 10.1080/00779962.1964.9722834 [see p. 46]

• May, B.M. 1987: Immature stages of Curculionoidea (Coleoptera): rearing records 1964-1986. New Zealand entomologist 9(1): 44–56. DOI: 10.1080/00779962.1987.9722492 Reference page.  [see p. 51]

• Primack, R.B. 1983: Insect pollination in the New Zealand mountain flora. New Zealand journal of botany 21(3): 317-333. DOI: 10.1080/0028825X.1983.10428561 Reference page.