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Haplostethops

Haplostethops is a genus of flower weevils in the beetle family Curculionidae. There are about eight described species in Haplostethops. The genus name is masculine, contrary to some sources, following ICZN Article 30.1.4.3: "A compound genus-group name ending in -ops is to be treated as masculine, regardless of its derivation or of its treatment by its author."

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Haplostethops
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Superfamily: Curculionoidea
Family: Curculionidae
Tribe: Apostasimerini
Genus: Haplostethops
Casey, 1920

Haplostethops is a genus of flower weevils in the beetle family Curculionidae. There are about eight described species in Haplostethops.123 The genus name is masculine, contrary to some sources, following ICZN Article 30.1.4.3: "A compound genus-group name ending in -ops is to be treated as masculine, regardless of its derivation or of its treatment by its author."4

Species

These eight species belong to the genus Haplostethops:

  • Haplostethops caviventris Blatchley, 1922
  • Haplostethops ellipsoideus (Casey, 1892)
  • Haplostethops elongatus Casey, 1920
  • Haplostethops fusiformis Casey, 1920
  • Haplostethops gravidulus Casey, 1920
  • Haplostethops marginatus Casey, 1920
  • Haplostethops scaphinellus Casey, 1920
References

References

  1. "Haplostethops Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
  2. "Haplostethops". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
  3. ICZN Code Online
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