Piazurini is a tribe of true 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 other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 400,000 describ ...
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 about 12 genera and more than 400 described species in Piazurini.
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Genera
These 12 genera belong to the tribe Piazurini:
* '' Costolatychus'' Heller, 1906
* '' Cratosomus'' Schoenherr, 1825
* '' Guiomatus'' Faust, 1899
* '' Hedycera'' Pascoe, 1870
* '' Latychellus'' Hustache, 1938
* '' Latychus'' Pascoe, 1872
* '' Lobops'' Schoenherr, 1845
* '' Piazolechriops'' Heller, 1906
* '' Piazurus'' Schoenherr, 1825
* '' Pinarus'' Schoenherr, 1826
* '' Pseudopiazurus'' Heller, 1906
* '' Pseudopinarus'' Heller, 1906
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Weevils
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