Biology:Platystomini

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Short description: Tribe of beetles

Platystomini
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Toxonotus cornutus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Anthribidae
Subfamily: Anthribinae
Tribe: Platystomini
Pierce, 1916

Platystomini is a tribe of fungus weevils in the beetle family Anthribidae. There are 4 genera and over 100 described species in North America, and many others worldwide.[1][2]

Toxonotus cornutus

Genera

These genera belong to the tribe Platystomini:

  • Alloplius
  • Arecopais
  • Brachylaenus
  • Caenophloeobius
  • Doeothena
  • Entaphioides
  • Epitaphius
  • Euciodes
  • Euphloeobius
  • Exillis Pascoe, 1860
  • Gulamentus
  • Lawsonia
  • Litotropis
  • Mentanus
  • Mylascopus
  • Paraphloeobius
  • Parexillis
  • Penestica
  • Phloeobiopsis
  • Phloeobius Schoenherr, 1823
  • Phloeomimus
  • Phoenicobiella Cockerell, 1906
  • Pioenidia
  • Platystomos Schneider, 1791
  • Toxonotus Lacordaire, 1866
  • Tropidobasis

References

  1. Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; Lyal, Christopher H. C. (1999). A World Catalogue of Families and Genera of Curculionoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) (Excepting Scotylidae and Platypodidae). Entomopraxis. ISBN 978-84-605-9994-4. 
  2. Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Davies, Anthony E.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A. et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". ZooKeys (88): 1–972. doi:10.3897/zookeys.88.807. PMID 21594053. PMC 3088472. https://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=4001. 

Further reading

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q16619644 entry