Mecinini

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Mecinini
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Mecinus pascuorum
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Curculionidae
Subfamily: Curculioninae
Tribe: Mecinini
Gistel, 1848

Mecinini is a tribe of true weevils in the family of beetles known as Curculionidae. There are at least three genera and about eight described species in Mecinini. [1] [2]

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Genera

These three genera belong to the tribe Mecinini:

Data sources: i = ITIS, [3] c = Catalogue of Life, [4] g = GBIF, [5] b = Bugguide.net [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Mecinini Tribe Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
  2. ↑ "Mecinini Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
  3. ↑ "ITIS, Integrated Taxonomic Information System" . Retrieved 2018-04-05.
  4. ↑ "Catalogue of Life" . Retrieved 2018-04-05.
  5. ↑ "GBIF" . Retrieved 2018-04-05.

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