Perigaster

Perigaster
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Curculionidae
Tribe:	Cnemogonini
Genus:	Perigaster Dietz, 1896

Perigaster is a genus of minute seed weevils in the beetle family Curculionidae. There are about seven described species in Perigaster. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Species

These seven species belong to the genus Perigaster:

• Perigaster alternans Blatchley, 1928 ^{i c}
• Perigaster cretura (Herbst, 1797) ^{i c g b}
• Perigaster liturata (Dietz, 1896) ⁱ
• Perigaster lituratus Buchanan, 1937 ^c
• Perigaster longirostris Buchanan, 1931 ^c
• Perigaster obscura (LeConte, 1876) ^{i b}
• Perigaster tetracantha Champion, ^c

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

References

1. "Perigaster Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
2. "Browse Perigaster". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
3. "Perigaster". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
4. "Perigaster Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-30.

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 2019-09-24.
• 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.