Foucartia
Foucartia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Suborder: | Polyphaga |
Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
Family: | Curculionidae |
Tribe: | Sciaphilini |
Genus: | Jacquelin du Val, 1854 |
Synonyms | |
Parafoucartia F. Solari, 1948 |
Foucartia is a genus of broad-nosed weevils in the beetle family Curculionidae. There are several described species in Foucartia.[1][2] Amongst these, Foucartia squamulata is a widespread Eurasian species.[3]
Description
Species
These species belong to the genus Foucartia:
- Foucartia behnei Borovec & Pelletier, 2010 c g
- Foucartia chloris Kiesenwetter, 1864 c g
- Foucartia cremieri Jacquelin du Val, 1854 c g
- Foucartia dieckmanni Angelov, 1986 c g
- Foucartia elegans Kraatz, 1859 c g
- Foucartia elongata Tournier, 1876 c g
- Foucartia helenae Borovec & Pelletier, 2010 c g
- Foucartia lepidota (Perris, 1866) c g
- Foucartia lethierryi Desbrochers des Loges, 1875 c g
- Foucartia podlussanyi Borovec & Pelletier, 2010 c g
- Foucartia ptochioides (Bach, 1856) c g (See comment below)
- Foucartia reitteri (Formánek, 1908) c g
- Foucartia sacarensis Angelov, 1987 c g
- Foucartia squamulata (Herbst, 1795) c g
Data sources: c = Catalogue of Life,[1] g = GBIF,[2]
(Note: Foucartia liturata g can be instead under Brachysomus lituratus)
(Note for Foucartia ptochioides the original spelling of the epithet in Bach, 1856 is "ptochioides" (on p.244 and appendix p.405) as "Sciaphilus ptochioides" Bach, 1856, contra later spelling as "ptochoides").
References
- ^ a b "Browse Foucartia". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2025-06-29.
- ^ a b "Foucartia". GBIF. Retrieved 2025-06-29.
- ^ "Foucartia squamulata". iNaturalist. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
Further reading
- Borovec, R.; Pelletier, J. (2010). "Revision of the genus Foucartia Jacquelin du Val, 1855 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae: Sciaphilini)". Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemicae. 73: 1–26.
- Alonso-Zarazaga, A., ed. (2023). Cooperative Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera Curculionoidea, 2nd edition (PDF). Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa S.E.A.