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Genus Donus

weevil - Donus zoilus unknown weevil - Donus zoilus  Snout and Bark Beetle-Donus zoilus? - Donus zoilus Beetle  - Donus zoilus curculionid - Donus zoilus curculionid 1 - Donus zoilus Weevil - Donus zoilus Hypera - Donus zoilus
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 Hyperinae
Genus Donus
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
this & related genera has been variously defined... not sure where things stand now --will ask around
Explanation of Names
Donus Jekel 1865
Numbers
A single (adventive) species in our area; large genus that includes mostly flightless montane forms of restricted distribution
Range
native to the Palaearctic; our only adventive species is widespread in NA