Echinapoderus

Echinapoderus
Echinapoderus horridulus near Amedzofe, Ghana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Superfamily:	Curculionoidea
Family:	Attelabidae
Subfamily:	Apoderinae
Tribe:	Hoplapoderini
Genus:	Echinapoderus Voss, 1926

Echinapoderus is a genus of weevils in the subfamily Apoderinae. The species in this genus are native to Southeast Africa, with small populations in West Africa and Southern Africa.

Distribution

Species are native to Africa, specifically Southeastern Africa with a small population in Western Africa and Southern Africa, with them being found in Ghana, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, South Africa, and Madagascar.

Species

The species assigned to this genus are:

• Echinapoderus aculeatus Voss, 1926
• Echinapoderus decolor Voss, 1926
• Echinapoderus ebeninus Kuntzen, 1915
• Echinapoderus enoplus Voss, 1926
• Echinapoderus graueri Janczyk, 1960
• Echinapoderus horridulus Voss, 1926
• Echinapoderus horridus Voss, 1926
• Echinapoderus kilimanus Auriv. in Sjostedt, 1910
• Echinapoderus madegassus Janczyk, 1960
• Echinapoderus partialis Voss, 1929
• Echinapoderus partitialis Voss, 1929
• Echinapoderus schroederi Voss, 1926
• Echinapoderus sikorai Janczyk, 1960
• Echinapoderus tristicula Voss, 1933
• Echinapoderus ugandaensis Voss, 1933
• Echinapoderus ugandensis Voss, 1926
• Echinapoderus ukaikaicus Janczyk, 1960

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