Apioninae Explained

Apioninae is a subfamily of pear-shaped weevils in the family of beetles known as Brentidae. There are at least 20 genera and 80 described species in Apioninae. They feed on living vegetation and sometimes on galls, making them occasional pests or tools of biological control.^[1]

Genera

These 22 genera belong to the subfamily Apioninae:

• Alocentron Schilsky in Kuester, 1901

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• Apion Herbst, 1797

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• Apionion Kissinger, 1998

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• Aspidapion

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• Betulapion Ehret, 1994

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• Chrysapion Kissinger, 1968

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• Coelocephalapion Wagner, 1914

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• Eutrichapion Reitter, 1916

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• Exapion Bedel, 1887

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• Fallapion Kissinger, 1968

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• Ischnopterapion

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• Kissingeria Alonso-Zarazaga, 1991

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• Loborhynchapion Gyorffy, 1956

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• Metapion Schilsky, 1906

• Neapion Alonso-Zarazaga, 1991

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• Neotropion

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• Omphalapion Schilsky, 1901

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• Perapion Wagner, 1907

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• Podapion Riley, 1883

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• Rhopalapion Schilsky, 1906

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• Sayapion Kissinger, 1999

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• Stenopterapion Bokor, 1923

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• Trichapion Wagner, 1912

^{g b}Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

Further reading

• Book: Alonso-Zarazaga . Miguel A.. Lyal . Christopher H.C.. 1999. A World Catalogue of Families and Genera of Curculionoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) (Excepting Scotylidae and Platypodidae). Entomopraxis. 84-605-9994-9.
• Book: Arnett . R.H. Jr.. Thomas . M. C.. Skelley . P. E.. Frank . J. H.. 2002. American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. 978-0849309540.
• Book: Blatchley . W.S.. 1910. An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera, beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana. Nature Pub..
• Bouchard . Patrice. Bousquet . Yves. Davies . Anthony E.. Alonso-Zarazaga . Miguel A.. Lawrence . John F.. Lyal . Chris H. C.. Newton . Alfred F.. Reid . Chris A. M.. Schmitt . Michael. Ślipiński . S. Adam. Smith . Andrew B. T.. 4. 2011. Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta). ZooKeys. Pensoft Publishers. 88. 1–972. 1313-2989. 10.3897/zookeys.88.807. 21594053. 3088472. 2011ZooK...88....1B. free.
• Book: Crotch . G.R.. 1873. Check list of the Coleoptera of America, north of Mexico. Naturalists' Agency. 10.5962/bhl.title.38811. free. 0665070772.
• Douglas . H.. Bouchard . P.. Anderson . R.S.. de Tonnancour . P.. Vigneault . R.. Webster . R.P. 4. 2013. New Curculionoidea (Coleoptera) records for Canada. ZooKeys. 681. 13–48. 10.3897/zookeys.681.12469. 28769721. 5523881. free.
• Book: Evans . Arthur V.. Hogue . James N.. 2006. Field Guide to Beetles of California. University of California Press. 978-0520246577.
• Book: Kissinger . David G.. 1968. Curculionidae Subfamily Apioninae of North and Central America: With Reviews of the World Genera of Apioninae and World Subgenera of Apion Herbst (Coleoptera).
• Klimaszewski . Jan. Watt . J.Charles. 1997. Coleoptera: family-group review and keys to identification. Fauna of New Zealand. 37.
• Book: Lawrence . J.F.. Newton Jr. . A.F.. Pakaluk . James. Slipinski . Stanislaw Adam. 1995. Families and subfamilies of Coleoptera (with selected genera, notes, references and data on family-group names). Biology, Phylogeny, and Classification of Coleoptera: Papers Celebrating the 80th Birthday of Roy A. Crowson. Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii PAN. 2. 779–1006. 83-85192-34-4.
• Book: LeConte . J.L.. 1861. Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Smithsonian Institution. 3. 136. 0665100558. 10.5962/bhl.title.38459. free.
• Book: Leng . Charles W.. 1920. Catalogue of the Coleoptera of America, North of Mexico. John D. Sherman, Jr.. 10.5962/bhl.title.8777. free.
• Poole . Robert W.. Gentili . Patricia. 1996. A Check List of the Insects of North America: Coleoptera. Nomina Insecta Nearctica: A Check List of the Insects of North America. Entomological Information Services. 1: Coleoptera, Strepsiptera. 41–820. 9781889002019.
• Book: Sforzi . Alessandra. Bartolozzi . Luca. 2004. Brentidae of the world (Coleoptera, Curculionoidea). Monographie del Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali, Torino. 39. 88-86041-35-7. 1121-7545. Sforzi. Alessandra. Bartolozzi. Luca.
• Book: White. Richard E.. 1998. 1983. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 0395910897. registration.

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Notes and References

1. Book: Barclay . Maxwell . Beetles of the World: A Natural History . Bouchard . Patrice . . 2023 . 978-0-691-24073-2 . Canada . 220–221.