Dryotribus mimeticus Horn, 1873
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Erroneously listed as Extinct by (IUCN, 1990; WCMC, 1992:209; Groombridge, 1994; see Lyal, 2014)
IUCN RedList status: Least Concern
Robbins et al. (2010:277) report a specimen collected on 19 June 2002.
Distribution & Habitat
French Frigate Shoals, Johnston Island, Laysan and Wake Island, Hawaiian Islands, USA (Perkins, 1926:55)
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Horn, G. H. (1873). Contributions to a knowledge of the Curculionidae of the United States. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 13: 407-469.
Other references:
Groombridge, B. (ed.). (1994). 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
IUCN. (1990). IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
Lyal, C. (2014). Dryotribus mimeticus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T6863A21424285. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T6863A21424285.en. Accessed on 07 August 2025.
Perkins, R. C. L. (1926). Coleoptera, Weevils. Bulletin of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum 31: 53-66.
Robbins, S. K., Hamilton, M. A., Clubbe, C. and Bárrios, S. (2010). A Biodiversity Assessment of the Centre Hills, Montserrat. Appendix 1. The Montserrat plant species checklist. Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust.
WCMC (World Conservation Monitoring Centre). (1992). Global Biodiversity: Status of the Earth's living resources. London: Chapman & Hall. xx + 594 pp.
World Conservation Monitoring Centre. (1996). Dryotribus mimeticus. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.1. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 29 July 2012.
http://www.artensterben.de/liste.php?id=12&sort=name_en
http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/endangered/ext-insects.html