Back from extinction: Rediscovery of the Canterbury knobbled weevil Hadramphus tuberculatus (Pascoe 1877) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), with a review of its historical distribution

New Zealand Journal of Zoology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 323-330

  Young, Laura M ^a   Marris, John W M ^b   Pawson, Stephen M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c SCION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Burkes Pass; Insect conservation; Molytini

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; HABITAT LOSS; HISTORICAL RECORD; HOST PLANT; POPULATION DECLINE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

CANTERBURY [KENT]; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; KENT; OXFORD; OXFORDSHIRE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; HADRAMPHUS; HEXAPODA; MOLYTINI; RODENTIA; TUBERCULATUS;

EID: 59049101067     PISSN: 03014223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014220809510129     Document Type: Article

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