Eurhoptus pyriformis is a species of hidden snout weevil in the beetle family Curculionidae. It is found in North America.[1][2][3] It is flightless and inhabits leaf litter.[4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Curculionidae |
| Genus: | Eurhoptus |
| Species: | E. pyriformis
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| Binomial name | |
| Eurhoptus pyriformis LeConte, 1876
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References
edit- ^ "Eurhoptus pyriformis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ^ "Eurhoptus pyriformis". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ^ "Eurhoptus pyriformis species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ^ Caterino, Michael S.; Langton-Myers, Shelley S. (9 November 2018). "Long-term population persistence of flightless weevils (Eurhoptus pyriformis) across old- and second-growth forests patches in southern Appalachia". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 18 (1): 165. Bibcode:2018BMCEE..18..165C. doi:10.1186/s12862-018-1278-y. ISSN 1471-2148. PMC 6234790. PMID 30413148.
Further reading
edit- 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.