Perapion is a genus of pear-shaped weevils in the family of beetles known as Brentidae. There are about 12 described species in Perapion.[1][2][3][4]
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| Perapion curtirostre | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Brentidae |
| Tribe: | Aplemonini |
| Genus: | Perapion Wagner, 1907 |
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Species
editThese 12 species belong to the genus Perapion:
- Perapion antiquum (Gyllenhal, 1833) i g
- Perapion connexum (Schilsky, 1902) g
- Perapion curtirostre (Germar, 1817) g b
- Perapion ilvense (Wagner, 1905) g
- Perapion jacobsoni (Wagner, 1910) g
- Perapion lemoroi (C.Brisout de Barneville, 1880) g
- Perapion neofallax (Warner, 1958) i g
- Perapion pulchrum b
- Perapion punctinasum (J.B.Smith, 1884) g b
- Perapion subviolaceum (Desbrochers, 1908) g
- Perapion violaceum (Kirby, 1808) i
- Perapion wickhami (Kissinger, 1960) g
Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[5] g = GBIF,[2] b = Bugguide.net[3]
References
edit- ^ a b "Perapion Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
- ^ a b "Perapion". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
- ^ a b "Perapion Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
- ^ "Perapion Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
- ^ "Catalogue of Life". Retrieved 2018-04-06.
Further reading
edit- Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; Lyal, Christopher H.C. (1999). A World Catalogue of Families and Genera of Curculionoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) (Excepting Scotylidae and Platypodidae). Entomopraxis. ISBN 84-605-9994-9.
- Arnett, R.H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0849309540.
- Blatchley, W.S. (1910). An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera, beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana. Nature Pub.
- Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Davies, Anthony E.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". ZooKeys (88). Pensoft Publishers: 1–972. doi:10.3897/zookeys.88.807. ISSN 1313-2989. PMC 3088472. PMID 21594053.
- Kissinger, David G. (1968). Curculionidae Subfamily Apioninae of North and Central America: With Reviews of the World Genera of Apioninae and World Subgenera of Apion Herbst (Coleoptera).
- LeConte, J.L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Vol. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 0665100558.
- Sforzi, Alessandra; Bartolozzi, Luca (2004). Sforzi, Alessandra; Bartolozzi, Luca (eds.). Brentidae of the world (Coleoptera, Curculionoidea). Monographie del Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali, Torino. ISBN 88-86041-35-7. ISSN 1121-7545.
- White, Richard E. (1998) [1983]. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 0395910897.
External links
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