Perapion

Perapion is a genus of pear-shaped weevils in the family of beetles known as Brentidae. There are about 12 described species in Perapion.[1][2][3][4]

Perapion curtirostre

Perapion
Perapion curtirostre
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Brentidae
Tribe:	Aplemonini
Genus:	Perapion Wagner, 1907

Species

These 12 species belong to the genus Perapion:

• Perapion antiquum (Gyllenhal, 1833) ^{i g}
• Perapion connexum (Schilsky, 1902) ^g
• Perapion curtirostre (Germar, 1817) ^{g b}
• Perapion ilvense (Wagner, 1905) ^g
• Perapion jacobsoni (Wagner, 1910) ^g
• Perapion lemoroi (C.Brisout de Barneville, 1880) ^g
• Perapion neofallax (Warner, 1958) ^{i g}
• Perapion pulchrum ^b
• Perapion punctinasum (J.B.Smith, 1884) ^{g b}
• Perapion subviolaceum (Desbrochers, 1908) ^g
• Perapion violaceum (Kirby, 1808) ⁱ
• Perapion wickhami (Kissinger, 1960) ^g

Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[5] g = GBIF,[2] b = Bugguide.net[3]

References

1. "Perapion Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
2. "Perapion". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
3. "Perapion Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
4. "Perapion Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
5. "Catalogue of Life". Retrieved 2018-04-06.

Further reading

• Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; Lyal, Christopher H.C. (1999). A World Catalogue of Families and Genera of Curculionoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) (Excepting Scotylidae and Platypodidae). Entomopraxis. ISBN 84-605-9994-9.
• Arnett, R.H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0849309540.
• Blatchley, W.S. (1910). An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera, beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana. Nature Pub.
• Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Davies, Anthony E.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". ZooKeys. Pensoft Publishers (88): 1–972. doi:10.3897/zookeys.88.807. ISSN 1313-2989. PMC 3088472. PMID 21594053.
• Kissinger, David G. (1968). Curculionidae Subfamily Apioninae of North and Central America: With Reviews of the World Genera of Apioninae and World Subgenera of Apion Herbst (Coleoptera).
• LeConte, J.L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 0665100558.
• Sforzi, Alessandra; Bartolozzi, Luca (2004). Sforzi, Alessandra; Bartolozzi, Luca (eds.). Brentidae of the world (Coleoptera, Curculionoidea). Monographie del Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali, Torino. ISBN 88-86041-35-7. ISSN 1121-7545.
• White, Richard E. (1998) [1983]. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 0395910897.

External links

• Media related to Perapion at Wikimedia Commons