Tribe Rhynchitini

Classification · Numbers · Works Cited

Male Haplorhynchites aeneus - Haplorhynchites aeneus - male

Attelabidae, Sunflower Headclipping Weevil, ventral - Haplorhynchites aeneus

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)

Tribe Rhynchitini

Numbers

35 spp. in 6 genera in our area(1), ~30 genera worldwide(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 v belov on 16 December, 2013 - 5:22pm
Last updated 22 December, 2013 - 7:17am

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