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Coniatus

Coniatus is a genus of true weevils in the subfamily Hyperinae. Species have a palaearctic distribution in Eurasia, Africa and America. There are also fossil species known from the Cenozoic.

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Coniatus
Coniatus tamarisci, from Calwer's Käferbuch, Table 32, Picture 5.
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Curculionidae
Tribe: Hyperini
Genus: Coniatus
Germar, 18171
Species

Several, including:

Coniatus is a genus of true weevils in the subfamily Hyperinae. Species have a palaearctic distribution in Eurasia, Africa and America. There are also fossil species known from the Cenozoic.

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References

  1. Reise nach Dalmatien und in das Gebiet von Ragusa. EF Germar, 1817
  • Capiomont, G. 1867: Révision de la Tribu des Hypérides, Lacordaire, et en particulier des genres Hypera Germ., Limobius, Schönh. et Coniatus (Germ.) Schönh. renfermant la description de plusieurs genres nouveaux et de 85 espèces nouvelles. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, (4)7(3): 417–456 + pl. 11–12.
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