Barystethus

Barystethus
Barystethus tropicus from New Guinea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Superfamily: Curculionoidea
Family: Curculionidae
Subfamily: Dryophthorinae
Genus: Barystethus
Lacordaire, 1865

Barystethus is a genus of true weevils, family the Curculionidae. It occurs in New Guinea. The genus includes Barystethus cletusi, a pest of coconut.

Species

Barystethus contains the following accepted species:

References

  1. 1 2 "Barystethus Lacordaire, T., 1865". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
  2. 1 2 Setliff, Gregory P. (2007). "Annotated checklist of weevils from the Papuan region (Coleoptera, Curculionoidea)". Zootaxa. 1536 (1): 1–296. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1536.1.1.
  3. ↑ Scudder, Samuel Hubbard (1884). Nomenclator Zoologicus: Supplemental list of genera in zoology. List of generic names employed in zoology and paleontology to the close of the year 1879, chiefly supplemental to those catalogued by Agassiz and Marschall, or indexed in the Zoological record. U.S. Government Printing Office.
  4. ↑ Winotai, Amporn (2014). "Integrated Pest Management of Important Insect Pests of Coconut". Cord. 30 (1): 18–36. doi:10.37833/cord.v30i1.82.