Haplostethops

Haplostethops
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Curculionidae
Tribe:	Apostasimerini
Genus:	Haplostethops Casey, 1920

Haplostethops is a genus of flower weevils in the beetle family Curculionidae. There are about eight described species in Haplostethops. ^{[1] [2] [3]} The genus name is masculine, contrary to some sources, following ICZN Article 30.1.4.3: "A compound genus-group name ending in -ops is to be treated as masculine, regardless of its derivation or of its treatment by its author." ^[4]

Species

These eight species belong to the genus Haplostethops:

• Haplostethops caviventris Blatchley, 1922
• Haplostethops ellipsoideus (Casey, 1892)
• Haplostethops elongatus Casey, 1920
• Haplostethops fusiformis Casey, 1920
• Haplostethops gravidulus Casey, 1920
• Haplostethops marginatus Casey, 1920
• Haplostethops scaphinellus Casey, 1920

References

1. "Haplostethops Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
2. "Haplostethops". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
3. "Haplostethops genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
4. ICZN Code Online

Further reading

• 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)" (PDF). Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-12-24. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
• Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 7: Curculionoidea I. Apollo Books. ISBN   978-90-04-26093-1.
• Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 8: Curculionoidea II. Apollo Books. ISBN   978-90-04-25916-4.