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Genus Coelocephalapion

Coelocephalapion buchanani (Kissinger) - Coelocephalapion buchanani Coelocephalapion Tiny weevil - Coelocephalapion Coelocephalapion subornatum (Fall) - Coelocephalapion subornatum Apioninae, on Round-headed Bush Clover, dorsal - Coelocephalapion carinatum - male - female Weevil ex Mikania scandens - Coelocephalapion perminutum Weevil ex Mikania scandens - Coelocephalapion perminutum Apioniae - Coelocephalapion decoloratum
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)
Genus Coelocephalapion
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
listed as Apioninae incertae sedis in(1)(2); non-monophyletic
Explanation of Names
Coelocephalapion Wagner 1914
Numbers
22 spp. in our area(1), >90 total (de Sousa & Anderson 2022)
Range
New World (+1 sp. in Australia)(3); much of NA(1)
Food
Associated mostly with Fabaceae and Asteraceae(1)
Works Cited
1.American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
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.A world catalogue of families and genera of Curculionoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera)
Alonso-Zarazaga M.A., Lyal C.H.C. 1999. Entomopraxis, Barcelona. 315 pp.