Aphanommata euphorbiarum (Wollaston, 1867)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: after 1867
Distribution & Habitat
Santo Antão, Cape Verde Islands
Anatomy & Morphology
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Wollaston, T. V. (1867). Coleoptera Hesperidum Being an Enumeration of the Coleopterous Insects of the Cape Verde Archipelago; John van Vorst: London, UK.
Other references:
Báez, M. and Oromí, P. (2005). Arthropoda, pp. 60-100. In Arechavaleta M, Zurita N, Marrero MC, Martín JL, editors. Lista preliminar de especies silvestres de Cabo Verde (hongos, plantas y animales terrestres) 2005. Consejería de Medio Ambiente y Ordenación Territorial, Gobierno de Canarias, Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
Fernández-Palacios, José María, Fructuoso, Melania, Illera, Juan Carlos, Rando, Juan Carlos, de Nascimento, Lea, Fernández-Palacios, Enrique, Patiño, Jairo, Otto, Rüdiger, Castilla-Beltrán, Álvaro, González, Esther Martín, Orihuela-Rivero, Raúl, Alcover, Josep Antoni, Whittaker, Robert J. (2025). A synthesis of terrestrial species extinctions in the Macaronesian Islands and their correspondence with human occupancy. PNAS Nexus 4(8): pgaf215. https://doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgaf215 [Supplementary data (.docx)]
Skuhrovec, Jiří, Hlaváč, Peter and Batelka, Jan. (2018a). Review of Cape Verde Aphanommata Wollaston, 1873 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Cossoninae) with Description of New Species, Larva and Notes on Biology and Distributional Patterns. Diversity 10(2): 28. https://doi.org/10.3390/d10020028
Skuhrovec, Jiří, Hlaváč, Peter and Batelka, Jan. (2018b). Validation of the Names of Two Weevil Species Described by Skuhrovec et al., Review of Cape Verde Aphanommata Wollaston, 1873 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Cossoninae) with Description of New Species, Larva and Notes on Biology and Distributional Patterns; Diversity 2018, 10, 28. Diversity 10(3): 87. https://doi.org/10.3390/d10030087