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Genus of beetles

Neoerethistes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Curculionidae
Subfamily: Molytinae
Tribe: Cholini
Genus: Neoerethistes
O'Brien & Wibmer, 1982

Neoerethistes is a genus of true weevils in the beetle family Curculionidae. There are more than 30 described species in Neoerethistes. The only species in North American north of Mexico is Neoerethistes arizonicus, found in the southwestern United States.

The genus Neoerethistes was formerly called Erethistes, which is the name of a genus of South Asian River catfishes.

Species

These 36 species belong to the genus Neoerethistes:

References

  1. "Neoerethistes". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-05-05.
  2. "Genus Neoerethistes Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-05-05.
  3. 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)" (PDF). Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute.

Further reading

Taxon identifiers
Neoerethistes


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