Kuschelysius Brown and Leschen, 2018
NZOR Identifier: 5b6f9101-555c-4ca9-95a7-5dce425cc236Status
- Preferred Name (NZOR Concept Id 3564887f-f535-4ea9-a196-e07765466a6f)
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- subphylum
- Hexapoda
- class
- Insecta
- subclass
- Dicondylia
- infraclass
- Pterygota
- superorder
- Neoptera
- order
- Coleoptera
- suborder
- Polyphaga
- infraorder
- Cucujiformia
- superfamily
- Curculionoidea
- family
- Curculionidae
- subfamily
- Curculioninae
- tribe
- Eugnomini
- genus
- Kuschelysius Brown and Leschen, 2018
Providers
Biostatus
- Geo Schema
- Political Region
- Geo Region
- New Zealand
- Environmental Context
- Wild
- Occurrence
- Present
- Origin
- Endemic
Scientific Name
- Authority
- Brown and Leschen
- Rank
- genus
- Published in
- Brown, S.D.J.; Leschen R.A.B. 2018: Kuschelysius, a New Alpine Genus of Eugnomine Weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Curculioninae) from New Zealand. Diversity 10(75): 1-18.
- Micro-reference (page)
- 2
- Year
- 2018
- Nomenclatural Comment
- Named after Dr Guillermo Kuschel Gerdes (1918–2017) whose research into the weevils of the Southern Hemisphere gave substantial insight into weevil classification. The ending ‘elysius’ refers to Elysium, the ‘Land of Joy’ of Antiquity, which was located by Plato at the antipodes.
- Name of Type of taxon
- Kuschelysius hollowayae Brown and Leschen, 2018
- Governing Code
- ICZN
- Is Recombination
- No
Taxon Concept
- NZOR Concept Id
- 3564887f-f535-4ea9-a196-e07765466a6f
- According to
- Brown, S.D.J.; Leschen R.A.B. 2018: Kuschelysius, a New Alpine Genus of Eugnomine Weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Curculioninae) from New Zealand. Diversity 10(75): 1-18.
- Preferred Name
- Kuschelysius Brown and Leschen, 2018 (In use by NZOR) }
Taxon Concept
- NZOR Concept Id
- 37b5b8ac-d89b-48a3-ae57-06854dfe1625
- According to
- NZAC (2012-) New Zealand Arthropod Collection Names Database - Name based concepts
- Has Parent
- Eugnomini (In use by NZOR)
Subordinate Taxon Concept
- Full Name
- Kuschelysius durus Brown and Leschen, 2018
- According To
- Brown, S.D.J.; Leschen R.A.B. 2018: Kuschelysius, a New Alpine Genus of Eugnomine Weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Curculioninae) from New Zealand. Diversity 10(75): 1-18.
Subordinate Taxon Concept
- Full Name
- Kuschelysius hollowayae Brown and Leschen, 2018
- According To
- Brown, S.D.J.; Leschen R.A.B. 2018: Kuschelysius, a New Alpine Genus of Eugnomine Weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Curculioninae) from New Zealand. Diversity 10(75): 1-18.
Subordinate Taxon Concept
- Full Name
- Kuschelysius nitens Brown and Leschen, 2018
- According To
- Brown, S.D.J.; Leschen R.A.B. 2018: Kuschelysius, a New Alpine Genus of Eugnomine Weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Curculioninae) from New Zealand. Diversity 10(75): 1-18.
Subordinate Taxon Concept
- Full Name
- Kuschelysius verbalis Brown and Leschen, 2018
- According To
- Brown, S.D.J.; Leschen R.A.B. 2018: Kuschelysius, a New Alpine Genus of Eugnomine Weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Curculioninae) from New Zealand. Diversity 10(75): 1-18.
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