Megacolabus sculpturatus Broun, 1893
Akaroa weevil
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Missing
Last record: 1893 or before
Distribution
Akaroa, Banks Peninsula, New Zealand
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Only known from the holotype (source).
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Broun, T. (1893). Manual of the New Zealand Coleoptera. Parts V, VI, VII. Wellington: New Zealand Institute.
Other references:
Hitchmough, R. A., Bull, L. and Cromarty, P. (compilers). (2007). New Zealand Threat Classification System lists—2005. Department of Conservation, Wellington. 194 pp.
Leschen, Richard A. B., Marris, J. W. M., Emberson, R. M., Nunn, J., Hitchmough, R. A. and Stringer, I. A. N. (2012). The conservation status of New Zealand Coleoptera. New Zealand Entomologist 35(2): 91-98.
Molloy, J. and Davis, A. (1994). Setting priorities for the conservation of New Zealand’s threatened plants and animals. 2nd edition. Collated by C. Tisdall. Department of Conservation, Wellington. 64 pp.
Pawson, S. M. and Emberson, R. M. (2000). The conservation status of invertebrates in Canterbury. Conservation Advisory Science Notes No. 320, Department of Conservation, Wellington. 16 pp.
Stringer, I. A. N. and Hitchmough, R. A. (2012). Assessing the conservation status of New Zealand’s native terrestrial invertebrates. New Zealand Entomologist 35(2): 77-84.
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