Didymus is a genus of beetles known as weevils (insects in the family Curculionidae).[2] The genus contains the following species:
- Didymus bicostatus
- Didymus erroneous
- Didymus impexus
- Didymus intutus
- Didymus metrosideri
- Didymus setosus
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| Didymus metrosideri | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Curculionidae |
| Subfamily: | Cryptorhynchinae |
| Genus: | Didymus Kuschel, 1982[1] |
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The type species for this genus is Acalles intutus Pascoe, 1876 by original designation.[3] Species from this genus are found in New Zealand, the Kermadec and the Norfolk Islands.[1]
References
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- ^ a b Kuschel, G. (1 September 1982). "Apionidae and Curculionidae (Coleoptera) from the Poor Knights Islands, New Zealand". Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 12 (3): 273–282. doi:10.1080/03036758.1982.10415349. ISSN 0303-6758.
- ^ Watt, J. Charles (September 1982). "Terrestrial arthropods from the Poor Knights Islands, New Zealand". Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 12 (3): 283–320. doi:10.1080/03036758.1982.10415350.
- ^ Lyal, C. H. C. 1 (2 December 1993). "Cryptorhynchinae (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae)" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 29: 1–308. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 February 2013. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
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