Erirhinidae is a family of marsh weevils in the order
Coleoptera
Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Endopterygota. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 400,000 describ ...
. There are about 12 genera and at least 40 described species in Erirhinidae.
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The family Erirhinidae is sometimes treated as a subfamily of Brachyceridae, Erirhininae.][
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Genera
These 12 genera belong to the family Erirhinidae.
* ''Brachybamus
''Brachybamus'' is a genus of marsh weevils in the beetle
Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Endopterygota. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from m ...
'' Germar, 1835 i c g b
* '' Cyrtobagous'' Hustache, 1929 i c g b
* ''Grypus
''Grypus'' is a genus of marsh weevils in the beetle
Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Endopterygota. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most o ...
'' Germar, 1817 i c g b
* ''Lissorhoptrus
''Lissorhoptrus'' is a genus of rice water weevils in the family of beetles known as Erirhinidae. There are at least 20 described species in ''Lissorhoptrus''.
Species
These 25 species belong to the genus ''Lissorhoptrus'':
* '' Lissorhoptrus b ...
'' LeConte, 1876 i c g b (rice water weevils)
* ''Neochetina
''Neochetina'' is a genus of weevils known as water hyacinth weevil which are native to South America
South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portio ...
'' Hustache, 1926 i c g b (waterhyacinth weevils)
* '' Notaris'' Germar, 1817 i c g b
* ''Notiodes
''Notiodes'' is a genus of marsh weevils in the beetle family Erirhinidae. There are about 16 described species in ''Notiodes''.
Erirhinidae is sometimes considered a family, and sometimes treated as a subfamily, in which case ''Notoides'' is co ...
'' Schönherr, 1838 i c g b
* ''Onychylis
''Onychylis'' is a genus of marsh weevils in the beetle
Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Endopterygota. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from mos ...
'' LeConte, 1876 i c g b
* ''Procas
Procas or Proca (said to have reigned 817-794 BC) was one of the Kings of Alba Longa, Latin kings of Alba Longa in the Roman mythology, mythic tradition of the founding of Rome. He was the father of Amulius and Numitor and the great-grandfather of ...
'' Stephens, 1831 i c g b
* '' Ruffodytes'' Osella, 1973 g
* '' Stenopelmus'' Schönherr, 1835 i c g b
* '' Tanysphyrus'' Germar, 1817 i c g b
Data sources: i = ITIS,[ c = Catalogue of Life,][ g = GBIF,][ b = Bugguide.net]
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