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Genus Eurhoptus

Eurhoptus pyriformis LeConte - Eurhoptus pyriformis

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 Curculionidae (Snout and Bark Beetles)

Subfamily Cryptorhynchinae (Hidden Snout Weevils)

Tribe Cryptorhynchini

Subtribe Tylodina

Genus Eurhoptus

Explanation of Names

Eurhoptus LeConte 1876

Numbers

8 spp. in our area, hundreds (mostly unnamed) total(1)

Size

1.8–3.2 mm (our spp.)(1)

Range

e. US to Mesoamerica(1); our spp.:

E. aenigmaticus AR-LA-AL

E. cariniventris Gulf Coast to c.TX

E. curtus e. US

E. imbricatus sc US

E. occidentalis w.TX

E. pyriformis e. US

E. rileyi s.TX

E. sordidus sc US

Works Cited

1.	A revision of the genus Eurhoptus LeConte, 1876 (Curculionidae, Cryptorhynchinae) of America north of Mexico Robert S. Anderson, Michael S. Caterino. 2018. ZooKeys 787: 37-80.

Contributed by v belov on 19 November, 2009 - 3:11pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 11 June, 2020 - 5:35pm

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