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Genus Geraeus

Tiny weevil - Geraeus picumnus Coleoptera - Geraeus picumnus - male Curculionidae, dorsal - Geraeus penicillus - male Snout Beetle - Geraeus picumnus Geraeus patagoniensis (Sleeper) - Geraeus patagoniensis Weevil - Geraeus Weevil in an aster - Geraeus A very tardy weevil - Geraeus picumnus
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 Baridinae (Flower Weevils)
Tribe Apostasimerini
Genus Geraeus
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Centrinus Schoenherr 1825, Pycnogeraeus Casey 1920(1)
Explanation of Names
Geraeus Pascoe 1889
Numbers
10 spp. in our area(1)
Not yet in guide: G. euryonyx, minor, nimbatus, pannuceus, and petilior
Works Cited
1.A review of the species of Geraeus Pascoe and Linogeraeus Casey found in the Continental United States
Prena J. 2009. Col. Bull. 63: 123-172.
Contributed by Jim McClarin on 19 September, 2007 - 4:30pm
Additional contributions by Phillip Harpootlian, Mike Quinn, Boris Bueche, v belov
Last updated 11 February, 2024 - 12:34pm

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