Dryotribus mimeticus
| Dryotribus mimeticus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Curculionidae |
| Subfamily: | Cossoninae |
| Tribe: | Dryotribini |
| Genus: | Dryotribus |
| Species: | D. mimeticus |
| Binomial name | |
| Dryotribus mimeticus Horn, 1873 | |
Dryotribus mimeticus was a species of beetle in family Curculionidae. It was endemic to the United States, with the species also being recorded on Scorpion Reef a remote island chain in Mexico.[1] The species also occurred in Florida, it has been suggested in Biologia Centrali-Americana that it was actually introduced to Hawaii from the Florida population.[2][3] The species was said to have occurred in drift logs on Laysan Island, French Frigate Shoals, Johnston Island and Wake Island.[4] Despite being considered extinct since 1986, 2 specimen of D. mimeticus were found and collected in the Dominican Republic in 1997; 11 years after the species was said to be extinct.[5] In 2002 another specimen of the species was collected in Montserrat.[6]
Sources
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. Dryotribus mimeticus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Accessed on 9 August 2007.
References
- ↑ Fosberg, F.R. (December 15, 1962). "A brief survey of the cays of Arrecife Alacran, a Mexican atoll" (PDF). National Academy of Sciences (National Research Council). Retrieved 12 September 2010.
- ↑ Blatchley, W.S. (1922). "Notes on the Rhynchophora of Eastern North America". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. New York Entomological Society. 30.
- ↑ Champion, George (1909–1910). "Rhynchophora". Biologia Centrali-Americana. IV. Smithsonian Institution. p. 10.
- ↑ Perkins, R. C. L., Coleoptera, Weevils (PDF), Bishop Museum, pp. 31–53
- ↑ "List of specimens — D. mimeticus". P. W. Kovanik, C. W. O’ Brien. Harvard University (Caribbean Plants & Insects Database). Retrieved 6 December 2010.
- ↑ Robbins, S.K.; M. A. Hamilton; C. Clubbe; S. Bárrios. "Appendix 1. The Montserrat plant species checklis" (PDF). Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust. Retrieved 19 December 2010.