Eurhoptus

Eurhoptus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Coleoptera
Family:Curculionidae
Subtribe:Tylodina
Genus:Eurhoptus
LeConte, 1876

Eurhoptus is a genus of hidden snout weevils in the family of beetles known as Curculionidae. There are at least eight described species in Eurhoptus.[1][2][3][4]

In 2018, researchers Robert S. Anderson and Michael S. Caterino revised the genus Eurhoptus, resurrecting the species E. curtus and adding five new species, E. aenigmaticus, E. cariniventris, E. imbricatus, E. occidentalis, and E. rileyi.[5]

Species

These species belong to the genus Eurhoptus:[5]

  • Eurhoptus aenigmaticus Anderson & Caterino, 2018
  • Eurhoptus cariniventris Anderson & Caterino, 2018
  • Eurhoptus curtus (Hamilton, 1893) (resurrected name, 2018)
  • Eurhoptus imbricatus Anderson & Caterino, 2018
  • Eurhoptus occidentalis Anderson & Caterino, 2018
  • Eurhoptus pyriformis LeConte, 1876 i c b
  • Eurhoptus rileyi Anderson & Caterino, 2018
  • Eurhoptus sordidus (LeConte, 1876) i cData sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[2] g = GBIF,[3] b = Bugguide.net[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Eurhoptus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
  2. 1 2 "Browse Eurhoptus". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
  3. 1 2 "Eurhoptus". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
  4. 1 2 "Eurhoptus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
  5. 1 2 Anderson, Robert S.; Caterino, Michael S. (2018). "A revision of the genus Eurhoptus LeConte, 1876 (Curculionidae, Cryptorhynchinae) of America north of Mexico". Zookeys. Pensoft. 787. doi:10.3897/zookeys.787.26948.

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.
  • Blatchley, W.S. (1910). An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera, beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana. Nature Pub.
  • Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Davies, Anthony E.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". Zookeys. Pensoft Publishers. 88 (88). doi:10.3897/zookeys.88.807. ISSN 1313-2989.
  • 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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