Biology:Aphrastus

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Short description: Genus of beetles


Aphrastus
Aphrastus taeniatus
Scientific classification
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Aphrastus is a genus of broad-nosed weevils in the family Curculionidae. There are at least 3 described species in Aphrastus.[1][2]

Aphrastus taeniatus

Species

References

  • Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A., and Christopher H. C. Lyal (1999). A World Catalogue of Families and Genera of Curculionoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) (Excepting Scotylidae and Platypodidae), 315.
  • Poole, Robert W., and Patricia Gentili, eds. (1996). "Coleoptera". Nomina Insecta Nearctica: A Check List of the Insects of North America, vol. 1: Coleoptera, Strepsiptera, 41-820.

Further reading

  • Arnett, R. H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). (21 June 2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida ISBN 978-0-8493-0954-0.
  • Ross H. Arnett (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1. 
  • Richard E. White. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.

Wikidata ☰ Q14925817 entry