Dryotribus mimeticus

Dryotribus mimeticus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Curculionidae
Subfamily: Cossoninae
Tribe: Dryotribini
Genus: Dryotribus
Species: D. mimeticus
Binomial name
Dryotribus mimeticus
Horn, 1873

Dryotribus mimeticus is a species of beetle in family Curculionidae. It is endemic to the United States, with the species also being recorded on Scorpion Reef a remote island chain in Mexico.[2] The species also occurred in Florida, it has been suggested in Biologia Centrali-Americana that it was actually introduced to Hawaii from the Florida population.[3][4] The species was said to have occurred in drift logs on Laysan Island, French Frigate Shoals, Johnston Island and Wake Island.[5] Despite being considered extinct since 1986, 2 specimen of D. mimeticus were found and collected in the Dominican Republic in 1997; 11 years after the species was said to be extinct.[6] In 2002 another specimen of the species was collected in Montserrat.[7]

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References

  1. Lyal, C. (2014). "Dryotribus mimeticus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2014: e.T6863A21424285. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T6863A21424285.en. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
  2. Fosberg, F.R. (December 15, 1962). "A brief survey of the cays of Arrecife Alacran, a Mexican atoll" (PDF). National Academy of Sciences (National Research Council). Retrieved 12 September 2010.
  3. Blatchley, W.S. (1922). "Notes on the Rhynchophora of Eastern North America". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. New York Entomological Society. 30.
  4. Champion, George (1909–1910). "Rhynchophora". Biologia Centrali-Americana. IV. Smithsonian Institution. p. 10.
  5. Perkins, R. C. L., Coleoptera, Weevils (PDF), Bishop Museum, pp. 31–53
  6. "List of specimens — D. mimeticus". P. W. Kovanik, C. W. O’ Brien. Harvard University (Caribbean Plants & Insects Database). Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
  7. Robbins, S.K.; M. A. Hamilton; C. Clubbe; S. Bárrios. "Appendix 1. The Montserrat plant species checklis" (PDF). Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust. Retrieved 19 December 2010.


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