''Diaprepes'' Schönherr 1823: 1140 is a genus of broad-nosed weevil belonging to 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 ...
, subfamily
Entiminae
The Entiminae are a large subfamily in the weevil family Curculionidae, containing most of the short-nosed weevils, including such genera as ''Entimus'', ''Otiorhynchus'', ''Phyllobius'', ''Sitona'', and ''Pachyrhynchus, Pachyrrhynchus''. In co ...
, tribe
Eustylini
Eustylini is a primarily Neotropical realm, Neotropical weevil tribe in the subfamily Entiminae.
Taxonomy
The tribe Eustylini was named for the first time by Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire in 1863, although, when first named, the tribe (Groupe ...
.
It is part of the so-called ''
Exophthalmus
''Exophthalmus'' is a genus of broad-nosed weevils in the family Curculionidae. It contains 85 described species.
Taxonomy
''Exophthalmus'' was named for the first time by Carl Johan Schönherr in 1823 (column 1140). It belongs in the tribe ...
'' genus complex.
Distribution
Distributed in the
Caribbean
The Caribbean ( , ; ; ; ) is a region in the middle of the Americas centered around the Caribbean Sea in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, mostly overlapping with the West Indies. Bordered by North America to the north, Central America ...
,
Central America
Central America is a subregion of North America. Its political boundaries are defined as bordering Mexico to the north, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean to the east, and the Pacific Ocean to the southwest. Central America is usually ...
and
Florida
Florida ( ; ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders the Gulf of Mexico to the west, Alabama to the northwest, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia to the north, the Atlantic ...
: Trinidad, Venezuela; Honduras, Nicaragua; Antigua, Barbados, Cuba, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Hispaniola, Martinique, Mona, Montserrat, Nevis, Puerto Rico, St. Barthelemy, St. Croix, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Thomas, St. Vincent, Vieques; SE USA (Florida).
Species
* ''
Diaprepes abbreviatus
''Diaprepes abbreviatus'', also known as the diaprepes root weevil, citrus root weevil and sugarcane rootstock borer weevil, is a species of weevil that is native to the Caribbean, where in Spanish it is colloquially called chichí. It has become ...
''
(Linnaeus, 1758)
* ''
Diaprepes balloui''
Marshall, 1916
* ''
Diaprepes boxi''
Marshall, 1938
* ''
Diaprepes comma''
Boheman, 1834
* ''
Diaprepes doublierii''
Guérin, 1847
* ''
Diaprepes excavatus''
Rosenschoeld, 1840
* ''
Diaprepes famelicus''
(Olivier, 1790)
* ''
Diaprepes glaucus''
(Olivier, 1807)
* ''
Diaprepes marginatus''
(Fabricius, 1775)
* ''
Diaprepes maugei''
(Boheman, 1840)
* ''
Diaprepes reticulatus''
Chevrolat, 1880
* ''
Diaprepes revestitus''
Chevrolat, 1880
* ''
Diaprepes rohrii''
(Fabricius, 1775)
* ''
Diaprepes rufescens''
Boheman, 1840
* ''
Diaprepes sommeri''
(Rosenschoeld, 1840)
* ''
Diaprepes variegatus''
Chevrolat, 1880
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References
Entiminae
Curculionidae genera
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