Hoherius
{{Short description|Species of insect}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=July 2024}}
{{Speciesbox
| name = Hoherius meinertzhageni
| image = Hoherius meinertzhageni 178661867.jpg
| image_caption = Specimen found in Ashhurst
| genus = Hoherius
| species = meinertzhageni
| authority = (Broun, 1880)
}}
Hoherius meinertzhageni, the ribbonwood fungus weevil, is an endemic New Zealand beetle{{cite web |title=NZOR Name Details - Hoherius meinertzhageni (Broun, 1880) |url=https://www.nzor.org.nz/names/c7e3cbbd-ebf3-4041-8bd3-30075521a3f4 |website=www.nzor.org.nz |access-date=19 August 2022}} that has been recorded feeding on the ribbonwood species Plagianthus regius and Plagianthus divaricatus and the mountain lacebark, Hoheria glabrata.{{cite web |last1=Martin |first1=Nicholas |title=Plant-SyNZ |url=https://plant-synz.landcareresearch.co.nz |publisher=Manaaki Whenua–Landcare Research, New Zealand |access-date=10 April 2021}}
Taxonomy and description
This species was described by Thomas Broun from a specimen that was collected by F.H. Meinertzhagen, in Napier, New Zealand.{{cite book |last1=Broun |first1=Thomas |title=Manual of the New Zealand Coleoptera |date=1880 |location=Wellington |pages=563–4 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/38699#page/577/mode/1up |access-date=19 August 2022}} This holotype specimen is stored in the Natural History Museum, London.{{cite journal |last1=Holloway |first1=BA |title=Anthribidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) |journal=Fauna of New Zealand |volume=3 |date=2018 |pages=124–127 |doi=10.7931/J2/FNZ.3}} Broun originally placed the species within the anthribid genus Araeocerus and named the species after its collector. The genus Hoherius is monotypic and named after the plant genus Hoheria due to its association with this beetles' larvae. This species is remarkable for its distinctive flat and white rostrum, which is as wide as the thorax in male specimens. The antennae are twice as long as the body. The elytra have a varied colour of brown, black and green. This species is sexually dimorphic with males conspicuously larger than females. There is further dimorphism among males, with larger males demonstrating broadened heads with longer mandibles and antennae than smaller males.{{cite journal |last1=Painting |first1=Christina J. |title=Size and shape variation in the male dimorphic head weapons of an anthribid weevil (Hoherius meinertzhageni) |journal=Evolutionary Ecology |date=August 2022 |volume=36 |issue=4 |pages=643–662 |doi=10.1007/s10682-021-10127-8|s2cid=255404440 }}
Distribution
Gallery
COLE Anthribidae Hoherius meinertzhageni m.png|Illustration by Des Helmore.
Hoherius meinerzhageni dorsal.jpg|Dorsal view
Hoherius meinerzhageni lateral.jpg|Lateral view
Hoherius meinertzhageni 57036427.jpg|Hoherius meinertzhageni on a leaf
References
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Category:Endemic beetles of New Zealand
Category:Monotypic beetle genera
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