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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)

Subfamily Apioninae - Pear-shaped Weevils

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Print References · Works Cited

Coelocephalapion carinatum (Smith) - Coelocephalapion carinatum

Perapion pulchrum (Smith) - Perapion pulchrum

Weevil found on Hoita macrostachya - Trichapion

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)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

out of 7 supertribes, only one (Apionitae) is represented in our area(1)(2)

Explanation of Names

Apioninae Schönherr 1823

Numbers

ca. 300 spp. in our area(3)(4), ~2200 in >200 genera total (2014 Handbook of Zoology. Arthropoda: Insecta. Coleoptera, Beetles 3: 395)

New classification adopted in(2):

Subfamily APIONINAE

Supertribe APIONITAE

Tribe Apionini Schönherr 1823

Subtribe Apionina Schönherr 1823: Sayapion

Subtribe Aplemonina Kissinger 1968: Perapion

Subtribe Aspidapiina Alonso–Zarazaga 1990: Alocentron

Subtribe Ceratapiina Alonso–Zarazaga 1990: Omphalapion

Subtribe Exapiina Alonso–Zarazaga 1990: Exapion

Subtribe Ixapiina Alonso–Zarazaga 1990: Neapion

Subtribe Malvapiina Alonso–Zarazaga 1990: Rhopalapion

Subtribe Oxystomatina Alonso–Zarazaga 1990: Eutrichapion · Loborhynchapion

Subtribe Piezotrachelina Voss 1959: Fallapion

Subtribe Synapiina Alonso-Zarazaga 1990: Ischnopterapion · Stenopterapion

Subtribe Trichapiina Alonso–Zarazaga 1990: Betulapion · Kissingeria · Trichapion

Apionini incertae sedis: Coelocephalapion · "Apion" antennatum (J.B. Smith 1884) AK-YT–BC; "A." cuprescens Mannerheim 1843 AK; "A." disparatum (Sharp 1890) AB–MB; "A." extensum (J.B. Smith 1884) SK

Tribe Podapiini Wanat 2001: Podapion

Identification

"Head with rostrum prostrate, eyes seperated by neck from anteriour margin of pronotum, pronotum rather slender and subconical." Elytra usually widest behind middle. "Femora separated from coxae by the elongated trochanters, appearing as an extra segment of the legs (only being a laterobasal appendage of the femur in all other weevils, except for Cylas and Nanophyini)." (Boris Büche's comment)

keys to northern spp. in(3)

Print References

(5)

Works Cited

1.	Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta) Bouchard P. et al. 2011. ZooKeys 88: 1–972.

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.

3.	The weevils of Canada and Alaska: Vol. 1. Coleoptera: Curculionoidea, excluding Scolytidae and Curculionidae Bright D.E. 1993. The insects and arachnids of Canada, Pt. 21. Ottawa: Agriculture Canada. 217 pp.

4.	Ischnopterapion virens (Herbst) (...), a Palearctic clover weevil new to North America... Hoebeke E.R., Byers R.A., Alonso-Zarazaga M.A., Stimmel J.F. 2000. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 102: 151-161.

5.	Curculionidae subfamily Apioninae of North and Central America, with reviews of the world genera of Apioninae... Kissinger D.G. 1968. Taxonomic Publications. South Lancaster, MA. vii+559 pp.

Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 14 June, 2005 - 10:36am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Vox Sciurorum, v belov, Edward Ruden
Last updated 18 December, 2021 - 1:06pm

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