Anchonocranus oleae Marshall, 1912
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Rediscovered according to (Caleca et al., 2019; Giacalone & Allsopp, 2019), but disputed by (Smit et al., 2022)
Distribution
South Africa
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Marshall, G. A. K. (1912). On a new species of Curculionidae injurious to olives in South Africa. Bollettino del Laboratorio di Zoologia Generale e Agraria della R. Scuola Superiore d’Agricoltura in Portici 6: 3-4.
Other references:
Caleca, Virgilio et al. (2019). Wild olive seed weevil in South Africa, Anchonocranus oleae Marshall (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), a rediscovery after a century. Integrated Protection of Olive Crops IOBC-WPRS Bulletin 141: 132-136.
Giacalone, Christian and Allsopp, Elleunorah. (2019). Lost and found: Anchonocranus oleae rediscovered after a century. Rostrum 98: 4-5.
Silvestri, F. 1915. Contributo alla conoscenza degli insetti dell’olivo dell’Eritrea e dell’Africa meridionale. Bollettino del Laboratorio di Zoologia Generale e Agraria della Reale Scuola Superiore d’Agricoltura, Portici 9: 240-334.
Smit, Samuel J. et al. (2022). Mitogenomics of the Olive Seed Weevil, Anchonocranus oleae Marshall and Implications for Its Phylogenetic Position in Curculionidae. Insects 13: 607. https://doi.org/
10.3390/insects13070607
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