Hadramphus [SEP] parent taxon
Hadramphus
Hadramphus (synonym: "Karocolens"), commonly known as knobbled weevils, is a genus of flightless molytine weevils from the family Curculionidae. It is endemic to New Zealand and consists of four species.
The type species "Hadramphus spinipennis" was designated by Thomas Broun in 1911. "Hadramphus pittospori" was described by Guillermo Kuschel within the new genus "Karocolens" in 1987 but placed by Robin Craw into the genus "Hadramphus" in 1999. "Hadramphus tuberculatus" was described by Francis Polkinghorne Pascoe as
Hadramphus spinipennis
Hadramphus spinipennis, commonly called the coxella weevil, is a large, nocturnal, flightless weevil only found on Mangere and Rangatira Islands in the Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
Description.
"Hadramphus spinipennis" species was described by Thomas Broun as having an brown egg-shaped body with glossy brownish-black antennae. It has a prominent tubercle or wart-like projection on each side of its thorax and further tubercles on its abdomen, and a black underside. The length of the adult beetle ranges from