Peristoreus flavitarsis is a species of true weevil. It is endemic to New Zealand.New Zealand Organisms Register (2015). Peristoreus flavitarsis (Broun, 1880) record contributed by NZIB and NZAC (Content Providers). Date of Access 2015-10-30 The larvae are leaf miners of Podocarpus totara.May, B.M. 1987: Immature stages of Curculionoidea (Coleoptera): rearing records 1964-1986. New Zealand entomologist, 9: 44-56. Abstract and full article (PDF) [See p. 50] Similar leaf mines have also been found on Podocarpus acutifolius and Podocarpus cunninghamii.Plant-SyNZ P. flavitarsis was originally named Erirhinus flavitarsis by Broun in 1880.Broun, T. 1880: Manual of the New Zealand Coleoptera. Colonial Museum and Geological Survey Department, Wellington. [See p. 451] 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.'] P. flavitarsis has been reported from North Island localities, including Parua (type locality) and Huia.May, B.M. 1987: Immature stages of Curculionoidea (Coleoptera): rearing records 1964-1986. New Zealand entomologist, 9: 44-56. Abstract and full article (PDF) [See p. 50]
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