Dryotribus mimeticus

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

Dryotribus mimeticus was a species of beetle in family Curculionidae. It was endemic to the United States, with the species also being recorded on Scorpion Reef a remote island chain in Mexico.[1] 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.[2][3] The species was said to have occurred in drift logs on Laysan Island, French Frigate Shoals, Johnston Island and Wake Island.[4] 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.[5] In 2002 another specimen of the species was collected in Montserrat.[6]

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References

  1. ^ Fosberg, F.R. (December 15, 1962). "A brief survey of the cays of Arrecife Alacran, a Mexican atoll". National Academy of Sciences (National Research Council). http://si-pddr.si.edu/dspace/bitstream/10088/4935/1/00093.pdf. Retrieved 12 September 2010. 
  2. ^ Blatchley, W.S. (1922). "Notes on the Rhynchophora of Eastern North America". Journal of the New York Entomological Society (New York Entomological Society) 30. http://books.google.com/books?id=WnQVAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA126&dq=Dryotribus+mimeticus+florida&hl=en&ei=E6zoTPKdIsbCngeFiuCwDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=9&ved=0CFAQ6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=Dryotribus%20mimeticus%20florida&f=false. 
  3. ^ Champion, George (1909-1910). "Rhynchophora". Biologia Centrali-Americana. IV. Smithsonian Institution. pp. 10. http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/bca/navigation/bca_12_04_07/bca_12_04_07.cfm?start=16. 
  4. ^ Perkins, R. C. L., Coleoptera, Weevils, Bishop Museum, pp. 31–€“53, http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/pubs-online/pdf/bull31-53.pdf 
  5. ^ "List of specimens — D. mimeticus". P. W. Kovanik, C. W. O’ Brien. Harvard University (Caribbean Plants & Insects Database). http://insects.oeb.harvard.edu/caribbean/Mantisweb/FMPro?-DB=Specimen.DRD&-Lay=web&-Format=specimen_list_DR.htm&Species_ID=390661&-Find. Retrieved 6 December 2010. 
  6. ^ Robbins, S.K.; M. A. Hamilton, C. Clubbe, S. Bárrios. "Appendix 1. The Montserrat plant species checklis". Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust. http://www.durrell.org/library/Document/Durrell_Cons_Monograph_1_Appendices.pdf. Retrieved 19 December 2010. 
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