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Genus Apion

Apion species weevil? - Apion cyanitinctum

Tiny Metallic Blue-Green Weevil - Apion finitimum

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles)

Superfamily Curculionoidea (Snout and Bark Beetles)

Family Brentidae (Straight-snouted Weevils)

Subfamily Apioninae

Genus Apion

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Apion Herbst, 1797. Synonyms:

Eutrichapion

Explanation of Names

from Greek apion (απιον) a pear (1)

Print References

The Century Dictionary--entry for Apiomerus (1)

Works Cited

1.	The Century Dictionary: an encyclopedic lexicon of the English language

Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 14 June, 2005 - 7:58am
Additional contributions by cotinis, tom murray
Last updated 15 November, 2009 - 9:15pm

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