Caecossonus dentipes

Caecossonus dentipes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Coleoptera
Family:Curculionidae
Genus:Caecossonus
Species: C. dentipes
Binomial name
Caecossonus dentipes
Gilbert, 1955

Caecossonus dentipes is a species of true weevil in the family of beetles known as Curculionidae are the family of the "true" weevils (or "snout beetles"). They are one of the largest animal families, with 5,489 genera and 82,741[1] species described worldwide.[1][2][3] It is found in North America.[1] a molytine tribe endemic to Central America, the Caribbean Islands and some areas of the USA (blind genera are, among others, Caecossonus Gilbert, 1955; Decuanellus Osella, 1977; Pseudoalaocybites Osella, 1980). [4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Caecossonus dentipes Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
  2. ↑ "Caecossonus dentipes species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
  3. ↑ "Caecossonus dentipes Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
  4. ↑ Studies on Oriental Molytinae. IV. Anonyxmolytes lilliput new genus and new species from Vietnam (Coleoptera, Curculionidae)

Further reading

  • Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; Lyal, Christopher H.C. (1999). A World Catalogue of Families and Genera of Curculionoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) (Excepting Scotylidae and Platypodidae). Entomopraxis. ISBN 84-605-9994-9.
  • Arnett, R.H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0849309540.
  • LeConte, J.L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 0665100558.
  • O'Brien, Charles W.; Wibmer, Guillermo J. (1982). "Annotated checklist of the weevils (Curculionidae sensu lato) of North America, Central America, and the West Indies (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea)". Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute (34).
  • White, Richard E. (1998) [1983]. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 0395910897.


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