Species Melanterius tasmaniensis (Lea, 1909)

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• Melanteriosoma costatum tasmaniense Lea, A.M. 1909. Descriptions of Australian Curculionidae, with notes on previously described species. Part VII. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 33: 145-196 [186] [subjective synonym].

Generic Combinations

• Melanterius tasmaniensis (Lea, 1909). —
  Pinzón-Navarro, S.V., Jennings, D. & Oberprieler, R.G. 2017. Host associations of Melanterius Erichson (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Cleogonini), with a diagnosis and delimitation of the genus and description of five new species. Zootaxa 4298(1): 1–77

Introduction

Removed from synonymy with M. costatus by Pinzón-Navarro et al. (2017: 24).

Ecological Descriptors

Acacia shrubs (associated flora: Acacia [FABACEAE] ('We collected it on seven Acacia species but mainly on A. dealbata (12 of 24 specimens), with A. polybotrya (6 specimens), A. decurrens (2), A. mearnsii (1), A. baileyana (1), A. deanii (1) and A. leucoclada (1) yielding far fewer …. Its true host may be A. dealbata …' (Pinzón-Navarro et al. 2017: 24))).

Associated Flora References

Pinzón-Navarro, S.V., Jennings, D. & Oberprieler, R.G. 2017. Host associations of Melanterius Erichson (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Cleogonini), with a diagnosis and delimitation of the genus and description of five new species. Zootaxa 4298(1): 1–77 (Acacia)

General References

Pinzón-Navarro, S.V., Jennings, D. & Oberprieler, R.G. 2017. Host associations of Melanterius Erichson (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Cleogonini), with a diagnosis and delimitation of the genus and description of five new species. Zootaxa 4298(1): 1–77

History of changes