Genus Betulapion

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Works Cited

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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 Oxystomatini

Subtribe Trichapiina

Genus Betulapion

Explanation of Names

Betulapion Ehret 1994

Numbers

monotypic genus

Range

holarctic(1), in NA widespread across the north(2)

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.	Checklist of beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Second edition Bousquet Y., Bouchard P., Davies A.E., Sikes D.S. 2013. ZooKeys 360: 1–402.

Contributed by v belov on 11 June, 2009 - 2:26am
Last updated 6 January, 2015 - 10:17am

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