Biology:Pterocolus

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Short description: Genus of beetles

Pterocolus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Attelabidae
Subfamily: Pterocolinae
Genus: Pterocolus
Say, 1831

Pterocolus is a genus of thief weevils in the beetle order Coleoptera. There are about 16 described species in Pterocolus.[1][2][3]

Species

These 16 species belong to the genus Pterocolus:

  • Pterocolus amandae Hamilton
  • Pterocolus angelae Hamilton
  • Pterocolus auricollis Sharp, 1890
  • Pterocolus azureus Voss, 1943
  • Pterocolus bicolor Hamilton
  • Pterocolus crinomucrosus Hamilton
  • Pterocolus gravidus Legalov, 2007
  • Pterocolus grossus Sharp, 1890
  • Pterocolus jennae Hamilton
  • Pterocolus minutus Hamilton
  • Pterocolus moraguesi Rheinheimer, 2012
  • Pterocolus ovatus (Fabricius, 1801) (thief weevil)
  • Pterocolus pueblensis Legalov, 2007
  • Pterocolus torreyae Hamilton
  • Pterocolus truncatus Hamilton
  • Pterocolus tuberculatus Hamilton


References

Further reading

  • 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 ☰ Q3410275 entry