Biology:Eucyllus

Short description: Genus of beetles

Eucyllus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Curculionidae
Tribe:	Peritelini
Genus:	Eucyllus Horn, 1876

Eucyllus is a genus of broad-nosed weevils in the beetle family Curculionidae. There are about eight described species in Eucyllus.

Species

These eight species belong to the genus Eucyllus:

• Eucyllus carinarostris Pelsue and Sleeper, 1972 ^{i c g}
• Eucyllus cinereus Pelsue and Sleeper, 1972 ^{i c g}
• Eucyllus echinus Van Dyke, 1936 ^{i c g}
• Eucyllus horridus Hatch, 1971 ^{i c g}
• Eucyllus nevadensis (Casey, 1888) ^{i c g}
• Eucyllus saesariatus Pelsue & Sleeper, 1972 ^{i c g b}
• Eucyllus unicolor Van Dyke, 1936 ^{i c g}
• Eucyllus vagans Horn, 1876 ^{i c g b}

Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

Further reading

• Bright, Donald E.; Bouchard, Patrice (2008). Insects and Arachnids of Canada, Part 25: Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Entiminae: Weevils of Canada and Alaska, Volume 2. NRC Research Press, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. ISBN 978-0660194004. 
• 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. 
• 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. 

Wikidata ☰ Q55000148 entry