Desiantha

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Curculionoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Kingdom: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Mandibulata
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Cladus: Allotriocarida
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Holometabola
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Cucujiformia
Superfamilia: Curculionoidea

Familia: Curculionidae
Subfamilia: Cyclominae
Tribus: Listroderini
Subtribus: Palaechthina
Genus: Steriphus
Synonym:

Name

  • Desiantha Pascoe, 1870
    • Authority for current placement: Kuschel, 1990: 81 ('n.syn. fide E.C. Zimmerman (pers. comm.)')
      • undisputed by all subsequent authorities
    • Gender: [feminine]
    • Original status: valid genus
    • Type species: Desiantha caudata Pascoe, 1870
      • Fixation: subsequent designation by Zimmerman (1994: 697)

References

Primary references

  • Pascoe, F.P. 1870: Descriptions of some genera and species of Australian Curculionidae. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 1870: 181–212, plate V. BHL [first availability, see p. 193]

Additional references

  • Kuschel, G. 1990. Beetles in a suburban environment: A New Zealand case study. The identity and status of Coleoptera in the natural and modified habitats of Lynfield, Auckland (1974–1989). DSIR Plant Protection Report 3. 119 pp. ISBN 0-477-02596-X. PDF. Reference page.