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Genus Deporaus

Attelabidae on oak - Deporaus glastinus Tooth-nosed Snout Weevil in California - Deporaus glastinus Shiny dark weevil - Deporaus glastinus? - Deporaus glastinus leaf rolling weevil - Deporaus glastinus Deporaus glastinus? - Deporaus glastinus Deporaus glastinus Deporaus glastinus Deporaus glastinus
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 Attelabidae (Leaf Rolling Weevils)
Subfamily Rhynchitinae (Leaf and Bud Weevils)
Genus Deporaus
Explanation of Names
Deporaus Samouelle 1819
Numbers
a single species in our area(1), numerous spp. in 9 subgenera in the Old World(2)
Range
mostly E./SE. Asia(2); in our area, w. US east to CO‒TX(1)
Remarks
our only representative of the mostly Asian (esp. Oriental) tribe Deporaini Voss 1929, that contains 11 genera(2)
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.A world catalogue of families and genera of Curculionoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera)
Alonso-Zarazaga M.A., Lyal C.H.C. 1999. Entomopraxis, Barcelona. 315 pp.
Contributed by margarethe brummermann on 14 June, 2009 - 1:11pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 2 December, 2023 - 11:46pm

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