Mecaspis

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Mecaspis
Curculionidae - Mecaspis alternans.jpg
Museum specimen of Mecaspis alternans
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Curculionidae
Subfamily: Lixinae
Tribe: Cleonini
Genus: Mecaspis
Schönherr, 1823

Mecaspis is a genus of cylindrical weevils belonging to the family Curculionidae. This genus is present in most of Europe, in the East Palearctic realm, in the Near East and in North Africa.

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