''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 families, ...
s (insects in the family
Curculionidae).
The genus contains the following species:
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Didymus bicostatus
Didymus (Greek for "twin") may refer to:
People Didymus
* Arius Didymus (fl. 1st century BC), Stoic philosopher
* Thomas the Apostle (died 72 AD), also known as Didymus
* Didymus Chalcenterus (63 BC–10 AD), Hellenistic scholar and grammarian
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Didymus erroneous
Didymus (Greek for "twin") may refer to:
People Didymus
* Arius Didymus (fl. 1st century BC), Stoic philosopher
* Thomas the Apostle (died 72 AD), also known as Didymus
* Didymus Chalcenterus (63 BC–10 AD), Hellenistic scholar and grammarian
...
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Didymus impexus
Didymus (Greek for "twin") may refer to:
People Didymus
* Arius Didymus (fl. 1st century BC), Stoic philosopher
* Thomas the Apostle (died 72 AD), also known as Didymus
* Didymus Chalcenterus (63 BC–10 AD), Hellenistic scholar and grammarian
...
''
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Didymus intutus
Didymus (Greek for "twin") may refer to:
People Didymus
* Arius Didymus (fl. 1st century BC), Stoic philosopher
* Thomas the Apostle (died 72 AD), also known as Didymus
* Didymus Chalcenterus (63 BC–10 AD), Hellenistic scholar and grammarian
...
''
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Didymus metrosideri
''Didymus metrosideri'' is an endemic weevil from the Kermadec Islands in New Zealand. This species was discovered by W. L. Wallace during the 1908 Kermedec Islands expedition.
Taxonomy
''D. metrosideri'' was originally described by Thoma ...
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Didymus setosus
Didymus (Greek for "twin") may refer to:
People Didymus
* Arius Didymus (fl. 1st century BC), Stoic philosopher
* Thomas the Apostle (died 72 AD), also known as Didymus
* Didymus Chalcenterus (63 BC–10 AD), Hellenistic scholar and grammarian
...
''
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 ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 List of islands of New Zealand, smaller islands. It is the ...
, the
Kermadec and the
Norfolk Islands.
References
Curculionidae genera
Cryptorhynchinae
Beetles of New Zealand
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