Valenfriesia rotundata (Wollaston, 1877:190)
Rotund fungus weevil, Rotund fungus beetle
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Notioxenus rotundatus Wollaston, 1877:190 (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.
Other references:
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.
Cairns-Wicks, R., Jervois, M. and Kindemba, V. (2016). St. Helena Invertebrate Conservation Strategy 2016-2021. St. Helena National Trust, Environmental Management Division of St. Helena Government, and Buglife.
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. (2017). Valenfriesia rotundata. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T66221730A67528070. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T66221730A67528070.en. Downloaded on 07 January 2018.
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