Epimechus
Epimechus | |
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Epimechus flavirostris | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Curculionidae |
Subfamily: | Curculioninae |
Tribe: | Anthonomini |
Genus: | Epimechus Dietz, 1891 |
Epimechus is a genus of true weevils in the beetle family Curculionidae. There are more than 20 described species in Epimechus.[1][2][3]
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Epimechus hesperius
Species[]
These 21 species belong to the genus Epimechus:
- Dietz, 1891
- Fall, 1901
- Hatch, 1971
- Fall, 1901
- Fall, 1913
- Clark & Burke, 2001
- Epimechus curvipes Dietz, 1891
- Fall, 1928
- Fall, 1913
- Clark & Burke, 2001
- Dietz, 1891
- Fall, 1913
- Fall, 1913
- Clark & Burke, 2001
- Fall, 1907
- Dietz, 1891
- LeConte, J.L., 1876
- Clark & Burke, 2001
- Dietz, 1891
- Fall, 1907
- Blatchley & Leng, 1916
References[]
- ^ "Epimechus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ^ "Epimechus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ^ "Epimechus genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
Further reading[]
- Hernandez, M.; Jones, R.; Reyes-Castillo, P. (2013). "A key to the Mexican and Central America Genera of Anthonomini (Curculionidae, Curculioninae)". ZooKeys (260): 31–47. doi:10.3897/zookeys.260.3989. PMC 3591774. PMID 23717181.
- 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)" (PDF). Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute.
- 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.
External links[]
Media related to Epimechus at Wikimedia Commons
Categories:
- Curculioninae
- Curculioninae stubs