Nyxetes

Nyxetes
Nyxetes bidens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Superfamily: Curculionoidea
Family: Curculionidae
Genus: Nyxetes
Pascoe, 1870

Nyxetes is a genus of true weevils, belonging to the tribe Eugnomini. There is a single species, Nyxetes bidens, which is endemic to New Zealand.[1]

Biology

This species apparently is an obligate associate of certain mealybug species, with the weevil larvae feeding on "a black fungoid substance" that appears at the mealybug feeding sites, eventually forming a subspherical, gall-like cavity inhabited by one weevil larva and multiple mealybugs.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Landcare Research. "NZOR Name Details - Nyxetes". nzor.org.nz. Retrieved 2017-08-15.
  2. ↑ May, Brenda M. (1993) Fauna of New Zealand Number 28: Larvae of Curculionoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera): a systematic overview.
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