Euscepes

Euscepes
Euscepes postfasciatus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Curculionidae
Genus:	Euscepes Schönherr, 1844

Euscepes is a genus of hidden snout weevils in the family Curculionidae. There are at least 20 described species in Euscepes. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}

Species

These 24 species belong to the genus Euscepes:

• Euscepes batatae Champion, 1905 ^c
• Euscepes bicolor Faust, 1896 ^c
• Euscepes carinirostris Hustache, 1930 ^c
• Euscepes convexipennis Hustache, 1930 ^c
• Euscepes crassirostris Chevrolat, 1879 ^c
• Euscepes deceptus Blatchley, 1925 ^{i c}
• Euscepes divisus Champion, 1905 ^c
• Euscepes erinaceus Chevrolat, 1880 ^c
• Euscepes fasciatus Faust, 1896 ^c
• Euscepes frontalis Chevrolat, 1879 ^c
• Euscepes fur Chevrolat, 1880 ^c
• Euscepes hirsutus Chevrolat, 1880 ^c
• Euscepes longisetis Champion, 1905 ^c
• Euscepes longulus Champion, 1905 ^c
• Euscepes obscurus Hustache, 1930 ^c
• Euscepes ornatipennis Chevrolat, 1879 ^c
• Euscepes parvulus Hustache, 1930 ^c
• Euscepes pilosellus Chevrolat, 1879 ^c
• Euscepes porcatus Chevrolat, 1879 ^c
• Euscepes porcellus Boheman, 1844 ^{i c b}
• Euscepes postfasciatus (Fairmaire, 1849) ^{i c b} (west Indian sweetpotato weevil)
• Euscepes tonsa Chevrolat, L.A.A., 1880 ^c
• Euscepes truncatipennis Champion, 1905 ^c
• Euscepes ursus Chevrolat, 1880 ^c

Data sources: i = ITIS, ^[1] c = Catalogue of Life, ^[2] g = GBIF, ^[3] b = Bugguide.net ^[4]

References

1. "Euscepes Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-03-19.
2. "Browse Euscepes". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-19.
3. "Euscepes". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-03-19.
4. "Euscepes Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-03-19.
5. "Euscepes Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-19.

Further reading

• Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; Lyal, Christopher H.C. (1999). A World Catalogue of Families and Genera of Curculionoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) (Excepting Scotylidae and Platypodidae). Entomopraxis. ISBN   84-605-9994-9.
• Arnett, R.H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. ISBN   978-0849309540.
• Blatchley, W.S. (1910). An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera, beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana. Nature Pub.
• Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Davies, Anthony E.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". ZooKeys (88). Pensoft Publishers: 1–972. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.88.807 . ISSN   1313-2989. PMC   3088472 . PMID   21594053.
• LeConte, J.L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Vol. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.38459 . ISBN   0665100558.
• O'Brien, Charles W.; Wibmer, Guillermo J. (1982). "Annotated checklist of the weevils (Curculionidae sensu lato) of North America, Central America, and the West Indies (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea)". Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute (34).
• White, Richard E. (1998) [1983]. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides) . Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN   0395910897.