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Epimechus

Epimechus is a genus of true weevils in the beetle family Curculionidae. There are more than 20 described species in Epimechus.

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Epimechus
Epimechus flavirostris
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Superfamily: Curculionoidea
Family: Curculionidae
Tribe: Anthonomini
Genus: Epimechus
Dietz, 1891

Epimechus is a genus of true weevils in the beetle family Curculionidae. There are more than 20 described species in Epimechus.123

Epimechus hesperius source ↗

Species

These 21 species belong to the genus Epimechus:

  • Epimechus adspersus Dietz, 1891
  • Epimechus aemulus Fall, 1901
  • Epimechus alutaceus Hatch, 1971
  • Epimechus arenicolor Fall, 1901
  • Epimechus canoides Fall, 1913
  • Epimechus combustus Clark & Burke, 2001
  • Epimechus curvipes Dietz, 1891
  • Epimechus flavirostris Fall, 1928
  • Epimechus gracilis Fall, 1913
  • Epimechus hesperius Clark & Burke, 2001
  • Epimechus mimicus Dietz, 1891
  • Epimechus mobilis Fall, 1913
  • Epimechus modicus Fall, 1913
  • Epimechus molina Clark & Burke, 2001
  • Epimechus nanulus Fall, 1907
  • Epimechus nevadicus Dietz, 1891
  • Epimechus nivosus LeConte, J.L., 1876
  • Epimechus signum Clark & Burke, 2001
  • Epimechus soriculus Dietz, 1891
  • Epimechus stragulus Fall, 1907
  • Epimechus vinosus Blatchley & Leng, 1916
References

References

  1. "Epimechus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  2. "Epimechus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
Further reading

Further reading

External links
  • Media related to Epimechus at Wikimedia Commons