Pseudolechriops

Pseudolechriops
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Curculionidae
Subfamily: Conoderinae
Tribe: Lechriopini
Genus:
Champion, 1906
Type species
Pseudolechriops megacephala
Champion, 1906

Pseudolechriops is a genus of Central American weevils alternatively placed in the subfamily Conoderinae or Baridinae. Established by the English entomologist George Charles Champion in 1906, the genus contained only one species, P. megacephala, until several related species were described in 2005.

Species

  • Pseudolechriops alleni Hespenheide & LaPierre, 2005
  • Pseudolechriops coleyae Hespenheide & LaPierre, 2005
  • Pseudolechriops davidsonae Hespenheide & LaPierre, 2005
  • Pseudolechriops dimorpha Hespenheide & LaPierre, 2005
  • Pseudolechriops howdenorum Hespenheide & LaPierre, 2005
  • Pseudolechriops janeae Hespenheide & LaPierre, 2005
  • Pseudolechriops klopferi Hespenheide & LaPierre, 2005
  • Pseudolechriops longinoi Hespenheide & LaPierre, 2005
  • Pseudolechriops megacephala Champion, 1906
  • Pseudolechriops wrightae Hespenheide & LaPierre, 2005

References

  • Hespenheide, Henry A. & Louis M. LaPierre (2005). "A review of Pseudolechriops Champion (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Conoderinae)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1384: 1–39. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1384.1.1. S2CID 85681057.