''Didymus'' is a genus of beetles known as
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 (insects 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 ...
).
The genus contains the following species:
* ''
Didymus bicostatus''
* ''
Didymus erroneous''
* ''
Didymus impexus''
* ''
Didymus intutus''
* ''
Didymus metrosideri''
* ''
Didymus setosus''
The type species for this genus is ''Acalles intutus'' Pascoe, 1876 by original designation.
Species from this genus are found in
New Zealand
New Zealand () is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and List of islands of New Zealand, over 600 smaller islands. It is the List of isla ...
, the
Kermadec Kermadec or de Kermadec may refer to:
Geography
* Kermadec Islands, a subtropical island arc in the South Pacific Ocean northeast of New Zealand
* Kermadec Plate, a long narrow tectonic plate located west of the Kermadec Trench
* Kermadec Trench, ...
and the
Norfolk Islands The Pacific Subtropical Islands is an interim Australian bioregion which includes Norfolk Island and Lord Howe Island. Its IBRA code is PSI.
Norfolk and Lord Howe Islands constitute the Norfolk Islands, a Level 3 biogeographic unit (aka botanical ...
.
References
Curculionidae genera
Cryptorhynchinae
Beetles of New Zealand
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