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''Amalus'' is a genus of minute seed weevils in the family 
Curculionidae
The Curculionidae are a family of weevils, commonly called snout beetles or true weevils. They are one of the largest animal families, with 6,800 genera and 83,000 species described worldwide. They are the sister group to the family Brentidae.
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. There are at least 2 described species in ''Amalus''.Jansen MA, Franz NM (2015). "Phylogenetic revision of Minyomerus Horn, 1876 sec. Jansen & Franz, 2015 (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) using taxonomic concept annotations and alignments". ''ZooKeys 528'': 1-133.
Species
* '' Amalus haemorrhous'' (Herbst, 1795) * ''Amalus scortillum
''Amalus scortillum'' is a species of minute seed weevil in the family Curculionidae.Jansen MA, Franz NM (2015). "Phylogenetic revision of Minyomerus Horn, 1876 sec. Jansen & Franz, 2015 (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) using taxonomic concept annota ...
'' Schoenherr, 1825
References
* Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A., and Christopher H. C. Lyal (1999). ''A World Catalogue of Families and Genera of Curculionoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) (Excepting Scotylidae and Platypodidae)'', 315. * Poole, Robert W., and Patricia Gentili, eds. (1996). "Coleoptera". ''Nomina Insecta Nearctica: A Check List of the Insects of North America'', vol. 1: Coleoptera, Strepsiptera, 41-820.Further reading
* Arnett, R.H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). (2002). ''American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea''. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL. * Arnett, Ross H. (2000). ''American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico''. CRC Press. * Richard E. White. (1983). ''Peterson Field Guides: Beetles''. Houghton Mifflin Company. Ceutorhynchini {{Baridinae-stub