''Amycterus'' is a genus of
weevil
Weevils are beetles belonging to the superfamily Curculionoidea, known for their elongated snouts. They are usually small – less than in length – and herbivorous. Approximately 97,000 species of weevils are known. They belong to several fa ...
s belonging to the
Amycterini tribe in the family
Curculionidae
The Curculionidae are a family of weevils, commonly called snout beetles or true weevils. They are one of the largest animal families with 6,800 genera and 83,000 species described worldwide. They are the sister group to the family Brentidae.
Th ...
, first described by
Carl Johan Schönherr
Carl Johan Schönherr (10 June 1772 – 28 March 1848) was a Swedish people, Swedish entomologist who revised the Taxonomy (biology), taxonomy of beetles, including weevils by examining all the descriptions of beetles since the time of Linnaeus. H ...
in 1823.
[Schoenherr, C.J. 1823. Tabula synoptica familiae Curculionidum. Isis von Oken 10: 1132-1146 ]144 144 may refer to:
* 144 (number), the natural number following 143 and preceding 145
* AD 144, a year of the Julian calendar, in the second century AD
* 144 BC, a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar
* 144 (film), ''144'' (film), a 2015 Indian com ...
The decisions for synonymy are based on work by Alonso-Zarazaga, M.A. and Lyal, C.H.C.
[Alonso-Zarazaga, M.A. & Lyal, C.H.C 1999. A world catalogue of families and genera of Curculionoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) (excepting Scolytidae and Platypodidae). Barcelona : Entomopraxis 315 pp. ate published 27-XII-1999 7, 139/ref> and ]Elwood Zimmerman
Elwood Curtin Zimmerman (December 8, 1912 – June 18, 2004) was an American entomologist best known for his two multivolume series: ''Insects of Hawaii'' published by the University of Hawaii Press and ''Australian Weevils (Coleoptera: Curcul ...
(''Aphalidura'', ''Eustatius'', ''Prophalidura'').[Zimmerman, E.C. (1993) ''Australian weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea) Vol. III Nanophyidae, Rhynchophoridae, Erirhinidae, Curculionidae: Amycterinae''. Melbourne : CSIRO Publications]
The species of this genus are found in New South Wales
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, Victoria
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* Queen Victoria (1819–1901), Queen of the United Kingdom and Empress of India
* Victoria (state), a state of Australia
* Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, a provincial capital
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, Queensland
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the Northern Territory
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,[ and ]Tasmania
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.
Species
Species listed in the Australian Faunal Directory are:[
*'' Amycterus abnormis''
*'' Amycterus amplicollis''
*'' Amycterus amplipennis''
*'' Amycterus anthracoides''
*'' Amycterus brevicaudus''
*'' Amycterus breviformis''
*'' Amycterus carteri''
*'' Amycterus caudatus''
*'' Amycterus cultratus''
*'' Amycterus cuneicaudatus''
*'' Amycterus decipiens''
*'' Amycterus durvillei''
*'' Amycterus elongatus''
*'' Amycterus exasperatus''
*'' Amycterus exasperatus''
*'' Amycterus falciformis''
*'' Amycterus fergusoni''
*'' Amycterus flavosetosus''
*'' Amycterus flavovarius''
*'' Amycterus forficulatus''
*'' Amycterus foveatus''
*'' Amycterus frenchi''
*'' Amycterus helmsi''
*'' Amycterus hopsoni''
*'' Amycterus kosciuskoanus''
*'' Amycterus leai''
*'' Amycterus mastersii''
*'' Amycterus metasternalis''
*'' Amycterus mirabilis''
*'' Amycterus mirabundus''
*'' Amycterus impressus''
*'' Amycterus crenatus''
*'' Amycterus miraculus''
*'' Amycterus mirus''
*'' Amycterus paradoxus''
*'' Amycterus monticola''
*'' Amycterus morbillosus''
*'' Amycterus orthodoxus''
*'' Amycterus panduriformis''
*'' Amycterus perlatus''
*'' Amycterus pilbara''
*'' Amycterus posticus''
*'' Amycterus rayneri''
*'' Amycterus riverinae''
*'' Amycterus rufipes''
*'' Amycterus sloanei''
*'' Amycterus squalidus''
*'' Amycterus subcostatus''
*'' Amycterus sublaevigatus''
*'' Amycterus sulcipennis''
*'' Amycterus talpa''
*'' Amycterus reticulatus''
*'' Amycterus gyllenhali''
*'' Amycterus taylori''
*'' Amycterus tenebricosus''
*'' Amycterus tessellatus''
*'' Amycterus tomentosus''
*'' Amycterus morbillosus''
*'' Amycterus variegatus''
*'' Amycterus variolosus''
*'' Amycterus wilcoxii''
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Further reading
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References
External links
''Amycterus'' images from iNaturalist
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Cyclominae
Curculionidae genera
Taxa described in 1823
Taxa named by Carl Johan Schönherr