Haplostethops

Haplostethops
Mating pair
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Superfamily: Curculionoidea
Family: Curculionidae
Tribe: Apostasimerini
Genus: Haplostethops
Casey, 1920

Haplostethops is a genus of flower weevils in the beetle family Curculionidae. There are about eight described species in the genus Haplostethops. The genus name is masculine, contrary to some sources, following ICZN Article 30.1.4.3: "A compound genus-group name ending in -ops is to be treated as masculine, regardless of its derivation or of its treatment by its author."

Species

These eight species belong to the genus Haplostethops:

References

  1. ↑ "Haplostethops Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
  2. ↑ "Haplostethops". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
  3. ↑ ICZN Code Online

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