Peristoreus fulvus is a species of true weevil. It is endemic to New Zealand.New Zealand Organisms Register (2015). Peristoreus fulvus (Broun, 1886) record contributed by NZIB and NZAC (Content Providers). Date of Access 2015-11-06 It is associated with plants of the genus Muehlenbeckia.Kuschel, G. 1990: Beetles in a suburban environment: a New Zealand case study. DSIR Plant Protection report, (3) Full book (PDF) [See p. 72]
P. fulvus was originally named Erirhinus fulvus by Broun in 1886.Broun, T. 1886: Manual of the New Zealand Coleoptera. Parts III and IV. Colonial Museum and Geological Survey Department, Wellington. [See p. 862] Then, in 1926, Marshall described a new genus called Dorytomodes, into which he provisionally transferred all species placed by Broun in Erirrhinus [=Erirhinus].Marshall, G.A.K. 1926: Some new Curculionidae from New Zealand (Col.) Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9), 18(103): 1-16, plate I. [See p. 10; '... Erirrhinus, Broun (nec Schh.), must provisionally be merged in Dorytomodes.'] Dorytomodes was subsequently sunk as a synonym of Peristoreus by Edward S. ("Ted") Gourlay in 1950.Gourlay, E.S. 1950: Auckland Island Coleoptera. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 78(2-3): 171-202, plates 21-23. Full article (PDF) [See p. 197; 'n.syn.']
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