Phrynixus astutus

Phrynixus astutus
	Phrynixus astutus from Otago, New Zealand
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Curculionidae
Subfamily:	Molytinae
Tribe:	Phrynixini
Genus:	Phrynixus
Species:	P. astutus
Binomial name
	Phrynixus astutus; Pascoe 1876

Phrynixus astutus is a weevil that is endemic to New Zealand.^[1] It has been found in lawns and garden beds in private gardens in Dunedin,^[2] and in two Wellington sanctuaries, Zealandia and Otari Wilsons Bush.^[3] This weevil is known to be a host for the parasitoid wasp Metaspathius kuscheli.^[4]

References[edit]

^ Pascoe, Francis P. (15 October 2009). "VI.—Descriptions of new genera and species of New-Zealand coleoptera.—Part III". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 18 (103): 57–67. doi:10.1080/00222937608682007.
^ van Heezik, Y.; Dickinson, K.J.M.; Freeman, C.; Porter, S.; Wing, J.; Barratt, B.I.P. (July 2016). "To what extent does vegetation composition and structure influence beetle communities and species richness in private gardens in New Zealand?". Landscape and Urban Planning. 151: 79–88. doi:10.1016/j.landurbplan.2016.02.013.
^ Watts, C; Thornburrow, D; Cave, V; Innes, J (27 February 2014). "Beetle community changes following pest mammal control at two biodiversity sanctuaries in Wellington, New Zealand". Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 44 (2–3): 61–87. doi:10.1080/03036758.2013.875478. S2CID 83992356.
^ Quicke, D. L. J.; Belokobylskij, S. A.; Ward, D. F.; Hebert, P. D. N.; Butcher, B. A. (21 January 2019). "Revision of the endemic New Zealand braconid wasp genus Metaspathius: new subfamily placement, and descriptions of four new species including three with fully winged females (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Mesostoinae)". New Zealand Entomologist. 41 (2): 46–65. doi:10.1080/00779962.2018.1551707. S2CID 92807172.

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[1] Pascoe, Francis P. (15 October 2009). "VI.—Descriptions of new genera and species of New-Zealand coleoptera.—Part III". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 18 (103): 57–67. doi:10.1080/00222937608682007.

[2] van Heezik, Y.; Dickinson, K.J.M.; Freeman, C.; Porter, S.; Wing, J.; Barratt, B.I.P. (July 2016). "To what extent does vegetation composition and structure influence beetle communities and species richness in private gardens in New Zealand?". Landscape and Urban Planning. 151: 79–88. doi:10.1016/j.landurbplan.2016.02.013.

[3] Watts, C; Thornburrow, D; Cave, V; Innes, J (27 February 2014). "Beetle community changes following pest mammal control at two biodiversity sanctuaries in Wellington, New Zealand". Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 44 (2–3): 61–87. doi:10.1080/03036758.2013.875478. S2CID 83992356.

[4] Quicke, D. L. J.; Belokobylskij, S. A.; Ward, D. F.; Hebert, P. D. N.; Butcher, B. A. (21 January 2019). "Revision of the endemic New Zealand braconid wasp genus Metaspathius: new subfamily placement, and descriptions of four new species including three with fully winged females (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Mesostoinae)". New Zealand Entomologist. 41 (2): 46–65. doi:10.1080/00779962.2018.1551707. S2CID 92807172.

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