Involvulus

Involvulus
Involvulus caeruleus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Superfamily: Curculionoidea
Family: Attelabidae
Tribe: Rhynchitini
Genus: Involvulus
Schrank, 1798
Involulus liquidus (holotype)

Involvulus is a genus of leaf and bud weevils in the beetle family Attelabidae. There are more than 40 described species in Involvulus. The genus was first described in 1798 by Franz von Paula Schrank who specified the type species as Involvulus metallicus which is considered to be Involvulus cupreus.

Species

These and other species belong to the genus Involvulus:

References

  1. ↑ "Involvulus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  2. ↑ "Involvulus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  3. ↑ Alonso, Miguel Ángel (2017). "Cooperative Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera Curculionidea". Monografias electrónicas SEA. 8 (1): 61. ISSN 2386-5318. Wikidata Q108438872.

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