Biology:Apleurus
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Short description: Genus of beetles
| Apleurus | |
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| Apleurus lutulentus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Curculionidae |
| Subfamily: | Lixinae |
| Tribe: | Cleonini |
| Genus: | Apleurus Chevrolat, 1873 |
Apleurus is a genus of cylindrical weevils in the beetle family Curculionidae. There are about eight described species in Apleurus.[1][2][3]
Species
These eight species belong to the genus Apleurus:
- Apleurus albovestitus (Casey, 1891)
- Apleurus angularis (LeConte, 1859)
- Apleurus aztecus Anderson, 1987
- Apleurus hystrix (Fall, 1913)
- Apleurus jacobinus (Casey, 1891)
- Apleurus lutulentus (LeConte, 1859)
- Apleurus porosus (LeConte, 1876)
- Apleurus saginatus (Casey, 1891)
References
Further reading
- 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)". Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute. http://academic.uprm.edu/~franz/WeevilCourseResources/OBrienWibmer1982-WeevilsNCAWI.pdf. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 7: Curculionoidea I. Apollo Books. 2013. ISBN 978-90-04-26093-1.
- Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 8: Curculionoidea II. Apollo Books. 2013. ISBN 978-90-04-25916-4.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q25420803 entry
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