Epimechus Explained

Epimechus is a genus of true weevils in the beetle family Curculionidae. There are more than 20 described species in Epimechus.

Species

These 21 species belong to the genus Epimechus:

• Epimechus adspersus Dietz, 1891
• Epimechus aemulus Fall, 1901
• Epimechus alutaceus Hatch, 1971
• Epimechus arenicolor Fall, 1901
• Epimechus canoides Fall, 1913
• Epimechus combustus Clark & Burke, 2001
• Epimechus curvipes Dietz, 1891
• Epimechus flavirostris Fall, 1928
• Epimechus gracilis Fall, 1913
• Epimechus hesperius Clark & Burke, 2001
• Epimechus mimicus Dietz, 1891
• Epimechus mobilis Fall, 1913
• Epimechus modicus Fall, 1913
• Epimechus molina Clark & Burke, 2001
• Epimechus nanulus Fall, 1907
• Epimechus nevadicus Dietz, 1891
• Epimechus nivosus LeConte, J.L., 1876
• Epimechus signum Clark & Burke, 2001
• Epimechus soriculus Dietz, 1891
• Epimechus stragulus Fall, 1907
• Epimechus vinosus Blatchley & Leng, 1916

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. 2019-09-25. 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.