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Subfamily Lixinae

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 Lixinae

Tribe Lixini
Genus Eustenopus
Species villosus - Yellow Starthistle Hairy Weevil
Genus Larinus
No Taxon subgenus Larinomesius
Species curtus - Yellow Star Thistle Flower Weevil
Species obtusus - Knapweed Seedhead Weevil
Species minutus - Seedhead Weevil
No Taxon subgenus Phyllonomeus
Species carlinae - Canada Thistle Bud Weevil
Species turbinatus - Larinus turbinatus
Genus Lixus
Species amplexus - Lixus amplexus
Species asper - Lixus asper
Species caudifer - Lixus caudifer
Species concavus - Rhubarb Weevil
Species macer - Lixus macer
Species marginatus - Lixus marginatus
Species maritimus - Lixus maritimus
Species merula - Lixus merula
Species mucidus - Lixus mucidus
Species musculus - Lixus musculus
Species nitidulus - Lixus nitidulus
Species parcus - Lixus parcus
Species perforatus - Lixus perforatus
Species pervestitus - Lixus pervestitus
Species placidus - Lixus placidus
Species punctinasus - Lixus punctinasus
Species rubellus - Lixus rubellus
Species scrobicollis - Ragweed Weevil
Species semivittatus - Lixus semivittatus
Species tenellus - Lixus tenellus
Species terminalis - Lixus terminalis
Genus Microlarinus
Species lareynii - Puncturevine Seed Weevil
Species lypriformis - Puncturevine Stem Weevil
Tribe Cleonini - Cylindrical Weevils
Genus Apleurus
Species albovestitus - Apleurus albovestitus
Species angularis - Apleurus angularis
Species jacobinus - Apleurus jacobinus
Species lutulentus - Apleurus lutulentus
Species saginatus - Apleurus saginatus
Genus Cleonis
Species piger - Large Thistle Weevil
Genus Cyphocleonus
Species achates - Knapweed Root Weevil
Genus Purealus
Species beckelorum - Purealus beckelorum
Genus Scaphomorphus
Species americanus - Scaphomorphus americanus
Species boucardi - Scaphomorphus boucardi
Species calandroides - Scaphomorphus calandroides
Species canescens - Scaphomorphus canescens
Species collaris - Scaphomorphus collaris
Species erysimi - Scaphomorphus erysimi
Species frontalis - Scaphomorphus frontalis
Species longinasus - Scaphomorphus longinasus
Species placidus - Scaphomorphus placidus
Species pleuralis - Scaphomorphus pleuralis
Species poricollis - Scaphomorphus poricollis
Species puberulus - Scaphomorphus puberulus
Species quadrilineatus - Scaphomorphus quadrilineatus
Species subcylindricus - Scaphomorphus subcylindricus
Species texanus - Scaphomorphus texanus
Species trivittatus - Scaphomorphus trivittatus
Genus Stephanocleonus
Species confusus - Stephanocleonus confusus
Species immaculatus - Stephanocleonus immaculatus
Species parshus - Stephanocleonus parshus
Species plumbeus - Stephanocleonus plumbeus
Tribe Rhinocyllini
Genus Bangasternus
Species orientalis - Yellow Starthistle Bud Weevil
Genus Rhinocyllus
Species conicus - Thistle Head Weevil