Tribe Basitropidini

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Works Cited

Phaenithon platanum (Schaeffer) - Phaenithon platanum

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga

No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)

Superfamily Curculionoidea

Family Anthribidae (Fungus Weevils)

Subfamily Anthribinae

Tribe Basitropidini

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

both genera included here in(1) are treated in Corrhecerini Lacordaire 1865 in(2) (where Basidotripini includes just 5 Old World genera while Corrhecerini, 35 genera from all around the world, incl. 6 in the New World)

Explanation of Names

Basidotripini Lacordaire 1866

Numbers

2 genera in our area(1)

Works Cited

1.	American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.

2.	A world catalogue of families and genera of Curculionoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) Alonso-Zarazaga M.A., Lyal C.H.C. 1999. Entomopraxis, Barcelona. 315 pp.

Contributed by v belov on 19 January, 2015 - 3:42pm
Last updated 23 January, 2015 - 8:17am

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