Biology:Amotus
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Short description: Genus of beetles
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Curculionidae |
| Tribe: | Tanymecini |
| Genus: | Amotus Casey, 1888 |
Amotus is a genus of broad-nosed weevils in the beetle family Curculionidae. There are at least three described species in Amotus.[1][2][3][4]
Species
These three species belong to the genus Amotus:
- Amotus longipennis Pierce, 1909 i c g
- Amotus seniculus (Horn, 1876) i c g
- Amotus setulosus (Schönherr, 1847) i c g b
Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[2] g = GBIF,[3] b = Bugguide.net[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Amotus Report". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=616760.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Browse Amotus". http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/browse/tree/id/b8b98d1e724103d825e3a0bee30416ed.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Amotus". https://www.gbif.org/species/1185056.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Amotus Genus Information". https://bugguide.net/node/view/876500.
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. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- 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 ☰ Q14925613 entry
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