Rhynchaenus
| Rhynchaenus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Superfamily: | Curculionoidea |
| Family: | Curculionidae |
| Tribe: | Rhamphini |
| Genus: | Rhynchaenus Illiger, 1798 |
| Type species | |
| Curculio viminalis Fabricius, 1775 | |
| Species | |
Rhynchaenus is a genus of beetles alternatively placed in the subfamily Rhynchaeninae or in Curculioninae, of family Curculionidae.[1][2] It previously included members of the genus Orchestes, but is now restricted to a vastly smaller group of species, all of which occur in Europe, Japan, or North Africa and feed on plants in the family Asteraceae.[3] Reports of its occurrence in North America refer to Orchestes species.[4]
Taxonomy
[edit]A large number of species have been historically classified as Rhynchaenus, although nearly all former species now are placed in different genera.[5][6]
References
[edit]Literature cited
[edit]- Anderson, R.S. 1989. Revision of the subfamily Rhynchaeninae in North America (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) (subscription required). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 115(3):207–312.
- Anderson, R.S., O'Brien, C.W., Salsbury, G.A. and Krauth, S.J. 2007. Orchestes alni (L.) newly discovered in North America (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) (subscription required). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 80(1):78–79.
Further reading
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