Genus Ceutorhynchus (original) (raw)

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga

No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)

Superfamily Curculionoidea

Family Curculionidae (Snout and Bark Beetles)

Subfamily Ceutorhynchinae (Minute Seed Weevils)

Tribe Ceutorhynchini

Genus Ceutorhynchus

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Neosirocalus Neresheimer & H.Wagner 1944 • Marklissus Reitter 1916

several groups formerly treated as subgenera of Ceutorhynchus are now treated as separate genera

Explanation of Names

Ceutorhynchus Germar 1824

Numbers

the largest genus of the subfamily, with ~70 spp. in our area, incl. several non-native ones(1), and >300 spp. total(2)

Range

Holarctic & Afrotropical (some pest species subcosmopolitan)(2)

Food

associated mainly with Cruciferae; some spp. are crop pests (esp. C. rapae)

Works Cited

1.	American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through CurculionoideaArnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.