Cionomimus Explained

Cionomimus is a genus of true weevils in the beetle family Curculionidae. There are about 10 described species in Cionomimus. Adults are associated with Phoradendron plants, feeding on their reproductive organs.^[1]

Species

These 10 species belong to the genus Cionomimus:

• Cionomimus bimaculatus Anderson, 1997

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• Cionomimus burkei Anderson, 1994

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• Cionomimus championi Burke, 1981

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• Cionomimus clarki Anderson, 1994

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• Cionomimus dietzi Burke, 1981

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• Cionomimus grossus Anderson, 1994

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• Cionomimus hansoni Anderson, 1997

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• Cionomimus insolens (Dietz, 1891)

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• Cionomimus obrieni Anderson, 1994

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• Cionomimus woodi Anderson, 1994

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

Further reading

• A key to the Mexican and Central America Genera of Anthonomini (Curculionidae, Curculioninae). 2013. Hernandez. M.. Jones. R.. Reyes-Castillo. P.. ZooKeys. 260. 31–47. 10.3897/zookeys.260.3989. 3591774. 23717181. free.
• Annotated checklist of the weevils (Curculionidae sensu lato) of North America, Central America, and the West Indies (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea). 1982. O'Brien. Charles W.. Wibmer. Guillermo J.. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute. 2019-09-24. 2021-12-24. https://web.archive.org/web/20211224000207/https://academic.uprm.edu/~franz/WeevilCourseResources/OBrienWibmer1982-WeevilsNCAWI.pdf. dead.
• Book: Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 7: Curculionoidea I. 2013. Lobl . I.. Smetana . A.. Apollo Books. 978-90-04-26093-1.
• Book: Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 8: Curculionoidea II. 2013. Lobl . I.. Smetana . A.. Apollo Books. 978-90-04-25916-4.

Notes and References

1. Anderson . R.S. . A review of New World weevils associated with Viscaceae (mistletoes [in part]) including descriptions of new genera and new species (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) ]. Journal of Natural History . April 1994 . 28 . 2 . 435–492 . 10.1080/00222939400770201 .