Platypus apicalis

TaxID: 1117393

Basic Information

Platypus apicalis

New Zealand Pinhole Boring Beetle

Platypus apicalis, known by its common name the New Zealand pinhole boring beetle, is a wood-boring beetle endemic to New Zealand and found throughout the North and South Island in a range of environment.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Arthropoda

Insecta

Coleoptera

Curculionidae

Platypus

apicalis

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Photos (5 photos)

Platypus apicalis
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(c) unknown@CC0
Platypus apicalis
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(c) Stephen Thorpe@BY-NC
Platypus apicalis
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(c) unknown@CC0
Platypus apicalis
c
(c) Stephen Thorpe@BY-NC
Platypus apicalis
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(c) Stephen Thorpe@BY-NC

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (2 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
United Kingdom A1 list 2022
Japan Quarantine pests —

Distribution (2 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

2
Present
0
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Australia Present —
New Zealand Present —

Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (0 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

No DNA barcode records available.

Literature