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Perigaster

Perigaster is a genus of minute seed weevils in the beetle family Curculionidae. There are about seven described species in Perigaster.

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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Superfamily: Curculionoidea
Family: Curculionidae
Tribe: Cnemogonini
Genus: Perigaster
Dietz, 1896

Perigaster is a genus of minute seed weevils in the beetle family Curculionidae. There are about seven described species in Perigaster.1234

Species

These seven species belong to the genus Perigaster:

  • Perigaster alternans Blatchley, 1928 i c
  • Perigaster cretura (Herbst, 1797) i c g b
  • Perigaster liturata (Dietz, 1896) i
  • Perigaster lituratus Buchanan, 1937 c
  • Perigaster longirostris Buchanan, 1931 c
  • Perigaster obscura (LeConte, 1876) i b
  • Perigaster tetracantha Champion, c

Data sources: i = ITIS,1 c = Catalogue of Life,2 g = GBIF,3 b = Bugguide.net4

References

References

  1. "Perigaster Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
  2. "Browse Perigaster". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
  3. "Perigaster". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
  4. "Perigaster Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
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