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Genus Neapion

Neotropion xanthoxyli (Fall) - Neapion xanthoxyli Apioninae? - Neapion herculanum weevil - Neapion weevil - Neapion Weevil - Neapion herculanum CURCULIONIDAE   Neapion herculanum   Pear-shaped weevil - Neapion CURCULIONIDAE   Neapion herculanum   Pear-shaped weevil - Neapion Brentidae - Neapion frosti
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 Brentidae (Primitive Weevils)
Subfamily Apioninae (Pear-shaped Weevils)
Tribe Ixapiini
Genus Neapion
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Traditionally treated as members of Ixapion Roudier & Tempère 1973
Explanation of Names
Neapion Alonso-Zarazaga 1990
Numbers
2 subgenera total, with 5 spp. in our area(1)(2)
Range
New World(1); in our area, e. NA west to s.TX(2)
Food
N. xanthoxyli on Zanthoxylum (Rutaceae), the rest on Viburnum (Caprifoliaceae)
Works Cited
1.A world catalogue of families and genera of Curculionoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera)
Alonso-Zarazaga M.A., Lyal C.H.C. 1999. Entomopraxis, Barcelona. 315 pp.
2.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.