Pachycerus
Appearance
Pachycerus | |
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weevil Pachycerus sp | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Curculionidae |
Subfamily: | Lixinae |
Tribe: | Cleonini |
Genus: | Pachycerus Schoenherr, 1823 |
Pachycerus is a genus of true weevils confined to the Palaearctic and African regions.[1]
Description
[edit]The genus includes moderately-sized weevils (6–12 mm).
Partial species list
[edit]- Pachycerus borrae F. Solari 1950
- Pachycerus cordiger (Germar 1818)
- Pachycerus sellatus Faust 1904
- Pachycerus somaliensis Meregalli, 2002
References
[edit]- ^ Massimo Meregalli (2002). "Notes on the genus Pachycerus Schoenherr 1823 with description of a new species from Somalia (Coleoptera Curculionidae Lixinae)". Tropical Zoology 15: 233-242, 2002.[permanent dead link]