Nanus (beetle)

Nanus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Coleoptera
Family:Curculionidae
Subfamily:Molytinae
Genus:Nanus
Schönherr, 1844

Nanus is a genus of true weevils in the family of beetles known as Curculionidae. There are about six described species in Nanus.[1][2][3][4]

Species

These six species belong to the genus Nanus:

  • Nanus dentipes Wollaston, T.V., 1873 c
  • Nanus erythrurus Hustache, A. in Gruvel, 1932 c
  • Nanus hispidus Champion, G.C., 1909 c
  • Nanus punctatellus Boheman, C.H. in Schönherr, C.J., 1844 c
  • Nanus punctellus Boheman, 1844 c
  • Nanus uniformis Boheman, 1844 i c b

Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[2] g = GBIF,[3] b = Bugguide.net[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Nanus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
  2. 1 2 "Browse Nanus". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
  3. 1 2 "Nanus". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
  4. 1 2 "Nanus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-02.

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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