Orchestes

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Orchestes
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Orchestes fagi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Curculionidae
Subfamily: Curculioninae
Tribe: Rhamphini
Subtribe: Rhamphina
Genus: Orchestes
Illiger, 1798
Type species
Curculio viminalis
Fabricius, 1775

Orchestes is a genus of beetles either classified in the subfamily Rhynchaeninae or in the tribe Rhamphini of the subfamily Curculioninae, of the family Curculionidae. It encompasses six species in North America, including Orchestes steppensis , and more in Eurasia. It was previously regarded as a synonym of Rhynchaenus , which is now used with a much more restricted definition. [1] The name Pedetes (normally used for the springhares) has been used as a manuscript name for this genus around 1799, but not published as a valid name. [2]

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References

  1. Anderson et al., 2007
  2. Creutzer, 1799, p. 126; Crotch, 1870, p. 51

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