Merhynchites
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Attelabidae |
Tribe: | Rhynchitini |
Genus: | Merhynchites Sharp, 1889 |
Merhynchites is a genus of leaf and bud weevils in the beetle family Attelabidae. There are about 12 described species in Merhynchites.[1][2][3]
Species
[edit]These 12 species belong to the genus Merhynchites:
- Merhynchites bicolor (Fabricius, 1775) (rose curculio)
- Merhynchites cockerelli Pierce, 1913
- Merhynchites creticus Voss, 1955
- Merhynchites hungaricus Sharp, 1889
- Merhynchites palmi Hamilton, 1979
- Merhynchites palmii (Schaeffer, 1905)
- Merhynchites piceus Pierce, 1913
- Merhynchites ruber Fairmaire
- Merhynchites tricarinatus (Green, 1920)
- Merhynchites ventralis Pierce, 1913
- Merhynchites viridilustrans Pierce, 1913
- Merhynchites wickhami (Cockerell, 1912) (western rose curculio)
References
[edit]- ^ "Merhynchites Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Merhynchites". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Merhynchites genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
Further reading
[edit]- Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 7: Curculionoidea I. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-26093-1.
- Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 8: Curculionoidea II. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-25916-4.