''Coniatus'' is a genus of true weevils in the subfamily
Hyperinae
Hyperinae is a subfamily of true weevils. Species are sometimes placed in Molytinae
Molytinae is a subfamily of weevils described by Carl Johan Schönherr in 1823.
Molytinae includes the following tribes:
* Amalactini
* Aminyopini
* Amor ...
. Species have a palaearctic distribution in Eurasia, Africa and America. There are also fossil species known from the Cenozoic.
References
* Capiomont, G. 1867: Révision de la Tribu des Hypérides, Lacordaire, et en particulier des genres Hypera Germ., Limobius, Schönh. et Coniatus (Germ.) Schönh. renfermant la description de plusieurs genres nouveaux et de 85 espèces nouvelles. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, (4)7(3): 417–456 + pl. 11–12.
External links
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''Coniatus''at insectoid.info
Curculionidae genera
Hyperinae
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