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Genus Evotus

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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 Curculionidae (Snout and Bark Beetles)
Subfamily Entiminae (Broad-nosed Weevils)
Tribe Phyllobiini
Genus Evotus
Explanation of Names
Evotus LeConte 1874
Numbers
monotypic genus(1)
Range
w. Canada (SK-NWT) and northcentral US(1)
Remarks
The genus is placed in Phyllobiini in the classical sense - but probably is misplaced in the present understanding.
Similarity to some Tropiphorini genera, especially Panscopus, is too evident to be coincidence. Should be placed in that tribe.
Works Cited
1.Insects and Arachnids of Canada Series, Part 25. Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Entiminae.
Donald E. Bright, Patrice Bouchard. 2008. 2008. NRC Research Press, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.