Orchestes
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| Genus: | Orchestes Illiger, 1798
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| Curculio viminalis Fabricius, 1775
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Orchestes is a genus of beetles either classified in the subfamily Rhynchaeninae or in the tribe Rhamphini of the subfamily Curculioninae, of the family Curculionidae. It encompasses six species in North America, including Orchestes alni, and more in Eurasia. It was previously regarded as a synonym of Rhynchaenus, which is now used with a more restricted definition.[1] The name Pedetes (normally used for the springhares) has been used as a manuscript name for this genus around 1799, but not published as a valid name.[2]
References
Literature cited
- Anderson, R.S. 1989. Revision of the subfamily Rhynchaeninae in North America (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) (subscription required). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 115(3):207–312.
- Anderson, R.S., O'Brien, C.W., Salsbury, G.A. and Krauth, S.J. 2007. Orchestes alni (L.) newly discovered in North America (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) (subscription required). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 80(1):78–79.
- Creutzer, C. 1799. Entomologische Versuche. Schaumburg und comp.
- Crotch, G.R. 1870. The genera of Coleoptera studied chronologically (1735–1801). Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 1870(1):41–52.