Amycterus

Amycterus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Superfamily: Curculionoidea
Family: Curculionidae
Tribe: Amycterini
Genus: Amycterus
Schoenherr, 1823
Type species
Amycterus talpa
Synonyms

Phalidura
Psalidura
Aphalidura
Eustatius
Prophalidura

Amycterus is a genus of weevils belonging to the Amycterini tribe in the family Curculionidae, first described by Carl Johan Schönherr in 1823. The decisions for synonymy are based on work by Alonso-Zarazaga, M.A. and Lyal, C.H.C. and Elwood Zimmerman (Aphalidura, Eustatius, Prophalidura).

The species of this genus are found in New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland the Northern Territory, and Tasmania.

Species

Species listed in the Australian Faunal Directory are:


Further reading

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Australian Faunal Directory: Amycterus". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  2. ↑ Schoenherr, C.J. 1823. Tabula synoptica familiae Curculionidum. Isis von Oken 10: 1132-1146 [1144].
  3. ↑ Alonso-Zarazaga, M.A. & Lyal, C.H.C 1999. A world catalogue of families and genera of Curculionoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) (excepting Scolytidae and Platypodidae). Barcelona : Entomopraxis 315 pp. [Date published 27-XII-1999] [17, 139]
  4. ↑ Zimmerman, E.C. (1993) Australian weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea) Vol. III Nanophyidae, Rhynchophoridae, Erirhinidae, Curculionidae: Amycterinae. Melbourne : CSIRO Publications
  5. ↑ "Amycterus C.J.Schoenherr, 1823". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 24 March 2022.