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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Curculionoidea » Primitive Weevils (Brentidae) » Pear-shaped Weevils (Apioninae) » Apionini » Apion

Genus Apion

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Food · Works Cited
Apion carrorum - female Apion carrorum - female
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 Apionini
Genus Apion
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Once included all the species of what is now Apioninae (e.g. in (1)), then broken down into many genera
Explanation of Names
Apion Herbst 1797
Greek apion (απιον) 'pear'
Numbers
a single species in our area, 16 spp. total(2)
Identification
uniformly red[dish]
Range
mostly Palearctic; in NA, along BC-AB border at high altitudes(2)
Food
Palearctic species are all associated with Polygonaceae, usually Rumex spp.; larvae mine stems, collars, and roots(2)
Works Cited
1.The weevil genus Apion in Kansas.
Salsbury, G.A. 1984. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 87 (1/2): 41-52.
2.Apion carrorum Anderson and Alonso-Zarazaga, new species, the first representative of the genus Apion Herbst...
Anderson R.S., Alonso-Zarazaga M.A. 2019. Col. Bull. 73: 889‒892.
Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 14 June, 2005 - 7:58am
Additional contributions by cotinis, tom murray, Mike Quinn, v belov, Edward Ruden
Last updated 20 November, 2023 - 2:59pm

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