Rhynchaenus
Genus of beetles
Rhynchaenus | |
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Rhynchaenus fagi | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Curculionidae |
Subfamily: | Curculioninae |
Tribe: | Rhamphini |
Genus: | Rhynchaenus Illiger, 1798 |
Type species | |
Curculio viminalis Fabricius, 1775 | |
Species | |
Rhynchaenus xylostei |
Rhynchaenus is a genus of beetles alternatively placed in the subfamilies Rhynchaeninae or in Curculioninae, of family Curculionidae.[1][2] It previously included the genus Orchestes, but is now restricted to a smaller group of species, all of which occur in Europe, Japan, or North Africa and feed on Asteraceae plants.[3] Reports of its occurrence in North America are erroneous.[4]
Species
A large number of species have been assigned under the Rhynchaenus genera although some species originally assigned to Rhynchaenus now belong in a different genera[5][6]
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.
Further reading
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- Uber die Russelkaferarten der Gattung Stenocarus Thoms. und Rhynchaenus Clairv. (Coleoptera, Curculionidae).
- Revision of the Japanese species of Chrysocharis (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae), 1.
- Hyponomological fauna of Slovenia. 25.
- The weevils of Kansas: a manual for identification.
- Digital-Weevil-Determination of West Palaearctic: Isochnus/Orchestes/Pseudorchestes/Rhamphus/Rhynchaenus/Tachyerges (Curculioninae: Rhamphini).
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