Nyxetes
Sign in to saveNyxetes is a genus of true weevils, belonging to the tribe Eugnomini. There is a single species, Nyxetes bidens, which is endemic to New Zealand.
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Nyxetes is a genus of true weevils, belonging to the tribe Eugnomini. There is a single species, Nyxetes bidens, which is endemic to New Zealand.
==Biology== This species apparently is an obligate associate of certain mealybug species, with the weevil larvae feeding on "a black fungoid substance" that appears at the mealybug feeding sites, eventually forming a subspherical, gall-like cavity inhabited by one weevil larva and multiple mealybugs.
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