Echinapoderus
Appearance
| Echinapoderus | |
|---|---|
| Echinapoderus horridulus near Amedzofe, Ghana | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Superfamily: | Curculionoidea |
| Family: | Attelabidae |
| Subfamily: | Apoderinae |
| Tribe: | Hoplapoderini |
| Genus: | Echinapoderus Voss, 1926 |
Echinapoderus is a genus of weevils in the subfamily Apoderinae. The species in this genus are native to Southeast Africa, with small populations in West Africa and Southern Africa.[1][2]
Distribution
[edit]Species are native to Africa, specifically Southeastern Africa with a small population in Western Africa and Southern Africa, with them being found in Ghana, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, South Africa, and Madagascar.[1][2][3]
Species
[edit]The species assigned to this genus are:[1][2]
- Echinapoderus aculeatus Voss, 1926
- Echinapoderus decolor Voss, 1926
- Echinapoderus ebeninus Kuntzen, 1915
- Echinapoderus enoplus Voss, 1926
- Echinapoderus graueri Janczyk, 1960
- Echinapoderus horridulus Voss, 1926
- Echinapoderus horridus Voss, 1926
- Echinapoderus kilimanus Auriv. in Sjostedt, 1910
- Echinapoderus madegassus Janczyk, 1960
- Echinapoderus partialis Voss, 1929
- Echinapoderus partitialis Voss, 1929
- Echinapoderus schroederi Voss, 1926
- Echinapoderus sikorai Janczyk, 1960
- Echinapoderus tristicula Voss, 1933
- Echinapoderus ugandaensis Voss, 1933
- Echinapoderus ugandensis Voss, 1926
- Echinapoderus ukaikaicus Janczyk, 1960
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 https://www.gbif.org/taxon/8HHVM
- 1 2 3 https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/8HHVM
- ↑ "Genus Echinapoderus". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2026-09-11.