Dryocora

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Dryocora
File:Dryocora howitti 165549700 (cropped).jpg
Dryocora howitti
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Prostomidae
Genus: Dryocora
Pascoe, 1868
Species
  • Dryocora cephalotes (Waterhouse, 1877)
  • Dryocora howitti Pascoe, 1868
  • Dryocora simoni (Grouvelle, 1893)
  • Dryocora walkeri Lea, 1904
Synonyms
  • Adelostela Ganglbauer, 1883
  • Adelostella Broun, 1880
  • Bessaphilus Waterhouse, 1877

Dryocora is a genus of beetle in the family Prostomidae.[1][2][3][4][5] It was discovered in 1686 by Francis Polkinghorne Pascoe and is found in Southern Australia, Tasmania and New Zealand.[1][3][5]

Taxonomy

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Dryocora has the following three synonyms:[1][5]

  • Adelostela Ganglbauer, 1883
  • Adelostella[3] Broun, 1880
  • Bessaphilus[3] Waterhouse, 1877

The genus has the following four species:[3][4][5]

  • Dryocora cephalotes (Waterhouse, 1877)
  • Dryocora howitti Pascoe, 1868
  • Dryocora simoni (Grouvelle, 1893)
  • Dryocora walkeri Lea, 1904
File:Dryocora howitti larva.jpg
Larva of Dryocora howitti

References

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