Epimechus
Appearance
Epimechus | |
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Epimechus flavirostris | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Curculionidae |
Tribe: | Anthonomini |
Genus: | Epimechus Dietz, 1891 |
Epimechus is a genus of true weevils in the family of beetles known as Curculionidae. There are about 15 described species in Epimechus.[1][2][3][4]
Species
These 15 species belong to the genus Epimechus:
- Epimechus adspersus Dietz, 1891 i c
- Epimechus aemulus Fall, 1901 i c
- Epimechus alutaceus Hatch, 1971 i c
- Epimechus arenicolor Fall, 1901 i c
- Epimechus canoides Fall, 1913 i c
- Epimechus curvipes Dietz, 1891 i c b
- Epimechus flavirostris Fall, 1928 i c
- Epimechus mimicus Dietz, 1891 i c
- Epimechus mobilis Fall, 1913 i c
- Epimechus modicus Fall, 1913 i c
- Epimechus nanulus Fall, 1907 i c
- Epimechus nevadicus Dietz, 1891 i c
- Epimechus nivosus LeConte, J.L., 1876 b
- Epimechus soriculus Dietz, 1891 i c
- Epimechus stragulus Fall, 1907 i c
Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[2] g = GBIF,[3] b = Bugguide.net[4]
References
- ^ a b "Epimechus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
- ^ a b "Browse Epimechus". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
- ^ a b "Epimechus". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
- ^ a b "Epimechus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
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. 88 (88). Pensoft Publishers. doi:10.3897/zookeys.88.807. ISSN 1313-2989.
- Hernandez, M.; Jones, R.; Reyes-Castillo, P. (2013). "A key to the Mexican and Central America Genera of Anthonomini (Curculionidae, Curculioninae)". ZooKeys. 260. doi:10.3897/zookeys.260.3989.
- LeConte, J.L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Vol. 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.
External links
Media related to Epimechus at Wikimedia Commons