Eurhoptus Explained

Eurhoptus is a genus of hidden snout weevils in the family of beetles known as Curculionidae. There are at least eight described species in Eurhoptus.

In 2018, researchers Robert S. Anderson and Michael S. Caterino revised the genus Eurhoptus, resurrecting the species E. curtus and adding five new species, E. aenigmaticus, E. cariniventris, E. imbricatus, E. occidentalis, and E. rileyi.

Species

These species belong to the genus Eurhoptus:

• Eurhoptus aenigmaticus Anderson & Caterino, 2018
• Eurhoptus cariniventris Anderson & Caterino, 2018
• Eurhoptus curtus (Hamilton, 1893) (resurrected name, 2018)
• Eurhoptus imbricatus Anderson & Caterino, 2018
• Eurhoptus occidentalis Anderson & Caterino, 2018
• Eurhoptus pyriformis LeConte, 1876

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• Eurhoptus rileyi Anderson & Caterino, 2018
• Eurhoptus sordidus (LeConte, 1876)

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

Further reading

• 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.