Peristoreus fulvus

Peristoreus fulvus is a species of true weevil. It is endemic to New Zealand.^[1] It is associated with plants of the genus Muehlenbeckia.^[2]

Peristoreus fulvus
Peristoreus fulvus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Curculionidae
Genus:	Peristoreus
Species:	P. fulvus
Binomial name
Peristoreus fulvus (Broun, 1886)

P. fulvus was originally named Erirhinus fulvus by Broun in 1886.^[3] Then, in 1926, Marshall described a new genus called Dorytomodes, into which he provisionally transferred all species placed by Broun in Erirrhinus [=Erirhinus].^[4] Dorytomodes was subsequently sunk as a synonym of Peristoreus by Edward S. ("Ted") Gourlay in 1950.^[5]