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''Pachycerus'' is a genus of "true weevils", 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 ...
, confined to the
Palaearctic The Palearctic or Palaearctic is a biogeographic realm of the Earth, the largest of eight. Confined almost entirely to the Eastern Hemisphere, it stretches across Europe and Asia, north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa. Th ...
and African regions.


Description

The genus includes moderately-sized weevils (6–12 mm).


Partial species list

* '' Pachycerus borrae'' F. Solari 1950 * '' Pachycerus cordiger'' (Germar 1818) * '' Pachycerus sellatus'' Faust 1904 * '' Pachycerus somaliensis'' Meregalli, 2002


References

Lixinae Curculionidae genera Taxa named by Carl Johan Schönherr {{Curculionidae-stub