Biology:Eurhoptus

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Short description: Genus of beetles

Eurhoptus
Various views of a specimen of Eurhoptus aenigmaticus
Eurhoptus aenigmaticus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Curculionidae
Subtribe: Tylodina
Genus: Eurhoptus
LeConte, 1876

Eurhoptus is a genus of hidden snout weevils in the family of beetles known as Curculionidae. There are at least eight described species in Eurhoptus.[1][2][3][4]

In 2018, researchers Robert S. Anderson and Michael S. Caterino revised the genus Eurhoptus, resurrecting the species E. curtus and adding five new species, E. aenigmaticus, E. cariniventris, E. imbricatus, E. occidentalis, and E. rileyi.[5]

Species

These species belong to the genus Eurhoptus:[5]

  • Eurhoptus aenigmaticus Anderson & Caterino, 2018
  • Eurhoptus cariniventris Anderson & Caterino, 2018
  • Eurhoptus curtus (Hamilton, 1893) (resurrected name, 2018)
  • Eurhoptus imbricatus Anderson & Caterino, 2018
  • Eurhoptus occidentalis Anderson & Caterino, 2018
  • Eurhoptus pyriformis LeConte, 1876 i c b
  • Eurhoptus rileyi Anderson & Caterino, 2018
  • Eurhoptus sordidus (LeConte, 1876) i cData sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[2] g = GBIF,[3] b = Bugguide.net[4]

References

Further reading

Wikidata ☰ Q14923811 entry