Pseudoedophrys is a genus of oriental broad-nosed weevils in the beetle family Curculionidae. There is one described species in Pseudoedophrys, P. hilleri. It originated in Japan, and can now be found in eastern North America.
Pseudoedophrys | |
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Pseudoedophrys hilleri | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
Family: | Curculionidae |
Tribe: | Cyphicerini |
Subtribe: | Cyphicerina |
Genus: | Pseudoedophrys Kojima & Morimoto, 2006 |
Species: | P. hilleri
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Binomial name | |
Pseudoedophrys hilleri (Faust, 1889)
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This species was transferred from Oedophrys into the new genus Pseudoedophrys in 2006.[1][2]
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References
edit- ^ "Pseudoedophrys". GBIF. Retrieved 2021-09-19.
- ^ "Pseudoedophrys genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2021-09-19.
External links
edit- Media related to Pseudoedophrys at Wikimedia Commons