Pterocolus is a genus of thief weevils in the beetle order Coleoptera. There are about 16 described species in Pterocolus.[1][2][3]
| Pterocolus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Attelabidae |
| Subfamily: | Pterocolinae |
| Genus: | Pterocolus Say, 1831 |
Species edit
These 16 species belong to the genus Pterocolus:
- Pterocolus amandae Hamilton
- Pterocolus angelae Hamilton
- Pterocolus auricollis Sharp, 1890
- Pterocolus azureus Voss, 1943
- Pterocolus bicolor Hamilton
- Pterocolus crinomucrosus Hamilton
- Pterocolus gravidus Legalov, 2007
- Pterocolus grossus Sharp, 1890
- Pterocolus jennae Hamilton
- Pterocolus minutus Hamilton
- Pterocolus moraguesi Rheinheimer, 2012
- Pterocolus ovatus (Fabricius, 1801) (thief weevil)
- Pterocolus pueblensis Legalov, 2007
- Pterocolus torreyae Hamilton
- Pterocolus truncatus Hamilton
- Pterocolus tuberculatus Hamilton
References edit
- ^ "Pterocolus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Pterocolus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Pterocolus genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
Further reading edit
- 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.
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