Valenfriesia congener (Wollaston, 1877:188)
Blackened fungus weevil, Congeneric fungus beetle
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonyms: Notioxenus congener Wollaston, 1877 (basionym)
Conservation Status
Missing
Last record: March 1967
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct)
Distribution
St. Helena
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Wollaston, Thomas Vernon. (1877). Coleoptera Sanctae-Helenae. John Van Voorst, London. [p. 188]
Other references:
Alonso-Zarazaga, M. A. and Lyal, C. H. C. (1999). A world catalogue of families and genera of Curculionoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) (excepting Scolytidae and Platypodidae). Entomopraxis S.C.P., Barcelona.
Basilewsky, P. (1972). Anthribidae. In: Basilewsky, P. (ed.). La faune terrestre de l'île de Sainte-Hélène. Deuxième partie. Annales du Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Zoologie. 192: 248-305.
Mendel, H., Ashmole, N. P. and Ashmole, Myrtle J. (2008/2013). Invertebrates of the Central Peaks and Peak Dale, St Helena. Commissioned by the St Helena National Trust, Jamestown, St Helena.
Pryce, D. and Dutton, A.-J. (2018). Valenfriesia congener. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T65585480A65585484. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T65585480A65585484.en. Accessed on 06 July 2022.