| Trichapion | |
|---|---|
| |
| T. rostrum | |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Superfamily: | Curculionoidea |
| Family: | Brentidae |
| Subtribe: | Trichapiina |
| Genus: | Trichapion Wagner, 1912 |
Trichapion is a genus of weevil in the family Brentidae.1
Species include:
- Trichapion aurichalceum (type species)2
- Trichapion lativentre (Sesbania flower weevil)
- Trichapion nigrum
- Trichapion porcatum
- Trichapion rostrum (Baptisia seed pod weevil)
Several Trichapion species were formerly included in genus Apion.
References
References
- Kissinger, David G (1959). "A Revision of the Apion Subgenus Trichapion Wagner in the New World (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)". Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 110 (3418): 247–389. doi:10.5479/si.00963801.110-3418.247.
- de Sousa, Wesley Oliveira; Ribeiro-Costa, Cibele Stramare; Rosado-Neto, Germano H. (January 2019). "A preliminary overview of the Brazilian Apioninae (Coleoptera: Brentidae) with an illustrated key for genera, and a checklist with distribution information". Biota Neotropica. 19 (4): 1–18. doi:10.1590/1676-0611-bn-2019-0813.