Pachycerus

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Pachycerus
Pachycerus sp.jpg
weevil Pachycerus sp
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Curculionidae
Subfamily: Lixinae
Tribe:
Genus: Pachycerus
Schoenherr, 1823

Pachycerus is a genus of true weevils confined to the Palaearctic and African regions.[1]

Description[]

The genus includes moderately-sized weevils (6–12 mm).

Partial species list[]

  • F. Solari 1950
  • (Germar 1818)
  • Faust 1904
  • Meregalli, 2002

References[]

  1. ^ 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]


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