Palontus

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: Curculioninae
Tribus: Storeini
Genus:
Species (11): P. bellioli – P. dispar – P. exospermi – P. fidelis – P. flebilis – P. iodes – P. leucopogonis – P. nothofagi – P. paniensis – P. turritus – P. varius

[source: Kuschel (1990)]

Name

  • Palontus Kuschel, 1990
    • Original status: valid genus
    • Gender: masculine
    • Type species: Palontus exospermi Kuschel, 1990
      • Fixation: original designation [p. 33]
    • Authority for placement in Storeini: Kuschel (1990: 29)

Primary references

  • Kuschel, G. 1990. Some weevils from Winteraceae and other hosts from New Caledonia. Tulane Studies in Zoology and Botany 27(2): 29–47. BHL Reference page. 

References

  • Bergström, G. et al. 1991: Chemical basis of a highly specific mutualism: chiral esters attract pollinating beetles in Eupomatiaceae. Phytochemistry, 30 (10): 3221–3225. DOI: 10.1016/0031-9422(91)83179-O
  • Pellmyr, O.; Thien, L.B.; Bergström, G.; Groth, I. 1990: Pollination of New Caledonian Winteraceae: opportunistic shifts or parallel radiation with their pollinators? Plant systematics and evolution, 173 (3-4): 143–157. DOI: 10.1007/BF00940859
  • Sampson, F.B. 2007: Variation and similarities in pollen features in some basal angiosperms, with some taxonomic implications. Plant systematics and evolution, 263 (1-2): 59–75. DOI: 10.1007/s00606-006-0467-0