Biology:Phyrdenus

Short description: Genus of beetles

Phyrdenus
Phyrdenus divergens
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Curculionidae
Subtribe:	Cryptorhynchina
Genus:	Phyrdenus LeConte, 1876

Phyrdenus is a genus of hidden snout weevils in the beetle family Curculionidae. There are more than 20 described species in Phyrdenus.

Species

These 23 species belong to the genus Phyrdenus:

• Phyrdenus angusticollis Fiedler, 1952
• Phyrdenus boliviensis Hustache, 1924
• Phyrdenus bruchoides Fiedler, 1941
• Phyrdenus bulbifer Fiedler, 1952
• Phyrdenus bullatus Casey, 1892
• Phyrdenus carinicollis Fiedler, 1943
• Phyrdenus caseyi Faust, 1896
• Phyrdenus conotracheloides Blatchley, 1922
• Phyrdenus cryptacruroides Fiedler, 1941
• Phyrdenus divergens (Germar, 1824)
• Phyrdenus diversus Faust, 1896
• Phyrdenus frater Fiedler, 1952
• Phyrdenus griseofasciatus Fiedler, 1943
• Phyrdenus griseus Fiedler, 1952
• Phyrdenus muriceus (Germar, 1824)
• Phyrdenus nigrosparsus Fiedler, 1952
• Phyrdenus pallidisignatus Voss, 1939
• Phyrdenus pallidus Fiedler, 1943
• Phyrdenus rufosquamosus Fiedler, 1943
• Phyrdenus setifer Champion, 1905
• Phyrdenus tincticollis Champion, 1905
• Phyrdenus tuberiferus Fiedler, 1943
• Phyrdenus undatus Leconte, 1876

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. 
• 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 ☰ Q14923211 entry