Epimechus is a genus of true weevils in the beetle family Curculionidae. There are more than 20 described species in Epimechus.[1][2][3]
| Epimechus | |
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| Epimechus flavirostris | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Curculionidae |
| Subfamily: | Curculioninae |
| Tribe: | Anthonomini |
| Genus: | Epimechus Dietz, 1891 |
Species edit
These 21 species belong to the genus Epimechus:
- Epimechus adspersus Dietz, 1891
- Epimechus aemulus Fall, 1901
- Epimechus alutaceus Hatch, 1971
- Epimechus arenicolor Fall, 1901
- Epimechus canoides Fall, 1913
- Epimechus combustus Clark & Burke, 2001
- Epimechus curvipes Dietz, 1891
- Epimechus flavirostris Fall, 1928
- Epimechus gracilis Fall, 1913
- Epimechus hesperius Clark & Burke, 2001
- Epimechus mimicus Dietz, 1891
- Epimechus mobilis Fall, 1913
- Epimechus modicus Fall, 1913
- Epimechus molina Clark & Burke, 2001
- Epimechus nanulus Fall, 1907
- Epimechus nevadicus Dietz, 1891
- Epimechus nivosus LeConte, J.L., 1876
- Epimechus signum Clark & Burke, 2001
- Epimechus soriculus Dietz, 1891
- Epimechus stragulus Fall, 1907
- Epimechus vinosus Blatchley & Leng, 1916
References edit
- ^ "Epimechus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ^ "Epimechus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ^ "Epimechus genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
Further reading edit
- Hernandez, M.; Jones, R.; Reyes-Castillo, P. (2013). "A key to the Mexican and Central America Genera of Anthonomini (Curculionidae, Curculioninae)". ZooKeys (260): 31–47. doi:10.3897/zookeys.260.3989. PMC 3591774. PMID 23717181.
- O'Brien, Charles W.; Wibmer, Guillermo J. (1982). "Annotated checklist of the weevils (Curculionidae sensu lato) of North America, Central America, and the West Indies (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea)" (PDF). Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-12-24. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 7: Curculionoidea I. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-26093-1.
- Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 8: Curculionoidea II. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-25916-4.
External links edit
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