Pissodes

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Pissodes
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Pissodes notatus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Curculionidae
Subfamily: Molytinae
Genus: Pissodes
Germar, 1817
Diversity
at least 140 species
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Pissodes pini
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Pissodes castaneus

Pissodes is a genus of weevils described by Ernst Friedrich Germar in 1817.

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These insects live on conifers. [1] They are widely distributed in the Northern Hemisphere, their distribution mirroring that of plants in the Pinaceae, the pine family, which includes most of their host trees. [2]

A few Pissodes species are considered to be pests, such as Pissodes strobi , P. nemorensis , and P. terminalis , because they do significant damage to trees. [2]

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Pine weevil anterior view

There are at least 140 described species in Pissodes. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

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References

  1. O'Brien, C. W. (1989). Revision of the weevil genus Pissodes in Mexico with notes on Neotropical Pissodini (Coleoptera, Curculionidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 415-32.
  2. 1 2 Lu, X., Zhang, R., & Langor, D. W. (2007). Two new species of Pissodes (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) from China, with notes on Palearctic species. The Canadian Entomologist 139(2), 179-88.
  3. "Pissodes Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  4. "Browse Pissodes". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  5. "Pissodes". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  6. "Pissodes Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  7. Lu, X. and RunZhi, Z. (2007). Species, distribution and host plants of genus Pissodes (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) and its potential invasive threat. Scientia Silvae Sinicae 43(9), 38-43.