Biology:Peritaxia

Short description: Genus of beetles

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

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

Species

These seven species belong to the genus Peritaxia:

• Peritaxia brevipilis Van Dyke, 1935 ^{i c g}
• Peritaxia elongata Pierce, 1913 ^{i c g}
• Peritaxia hispida Horn, 1876 ^{i c g b}
• Peritaxia longipennis Van Dyke, 1951 ^{i c g}
• Peritaxia perforata Casey, 1888 ^{i c g}
• Peritaxia rugicollis Horn, 1876 ^{i c g}
• Peritaxia uniformis (Van Dyke, 1936) ^{i c g}

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 ☰ Q14925632 entry