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Ellescus

Ellescus is a genus of true weevils in the beetle family Curculionidae. There are about 16 described species in Ellescus.

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Ellescus
Ellescus scanicus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Superfamily: Curculionoidea
Family: Curculionidae
Subtribe: Ellescina
Genus: Ellescus
Dejean, 1821

Ellescus is a genus of true weevils in the beetle family Curculionidae. There are about 16 described species in Ellescus.123

Species

These 16 species belong to the genus Ellescus:

  • Ellescus aurifer Sturm, 1826
  • Ellescus bicolor Dejean, 1821
  • Ellescus bipunctatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Ellescus borealis (Carr, 1920)
  • Ellescus brevirostris Desbrochers, 1874
  • Ellescus carpini Dejean, 1821
  • Ellescus conspersus Chevrolat
  • Ellescus ephippiatus (Say, 1831)
  • Ellescus flavicans Dejean, 1821
  • Ellescus infirmus (Herbst & J.F.W., 1795)
  • Ellescus mongolicus Kuska, 1982
  • Ellescus rubicundus Ziegler
  • Ellescus rufus Dejean, 1821
  • Ellescus scanicus (Paykull, 1792)
  • Ellescus sericeus Dejean, 1821
  • Ellescus variegatus Dejean, 1821
References

References

  1. "Ellescus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  2. "Ellescus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
Further reading

Further reading

External links
  • Media related to Ellescus at Wikimedia Commons