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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) » Exapion

Genus Exapion

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Habitat · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited
Weevil - Exapion fuscirostre Weevil - Exapion fuscirostre Exapion fuscirostre - Seed-feeding Weevil? - Exapion fuscirostre Exapion fuscirostre - Seed-feeding Weevil? - Exapion fuscirostre Exapion ulicis - female Exapion ulicis - female Small striped weevil - Exapion fuscirostre Small striped weevil - Exapion fuscirostre
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 Exapion
Explanation of Names
Exapion Bedel 1887
Numbers
2 spp. in our area, both introduced(1), ~30 total
Range
native to w. Palaearctic, introduced (for weed control) to NA Pacific Coast, Australia, New Zealand(2)(1)
Habitat
introduced to control Ulex europaeus & Cytisus scoparius (Fabaceae)
Remarks
member of the tribe Exapiini Alonso-Zarazaga 1990 that contains 2 genera with ~50 spp.
Internet References
Fact sheet
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 v belov on 12 February, 2011 - 3:44pm
Last updated 6 April, 2024 - 8:29pm

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