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Eurhoptus

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Eurhoptus
Various views of a specimen of Eurhoptus aenigmaticus
Eurhoptus aenigmaticus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
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

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These species belong to the genus Eurhoptus:[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Eurhoptus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
  2. ^ a b "Browse Eurhoptus". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
  3. ^ a b "Eurhoptus". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
  4. ^ a b "Eurhoptus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
  5. ^ a b Anderson, Robert S.; Caterino, Michael S. (2018). "A revision of the genus Eurhoptus LeConte, 1876 (Curculionidae, Cryptorhynchinae) of America north of Mexico". ZooKeys (787). Pensoft: 37–80. doi:10.3897/zookeys.787.26948. PMC 6177525. PMID 30310355.

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