Lechriopini Explained

Lechriopini is a tribe of true weevils in the beetle family Curculionidae. There are more than 20 genera and 510 described species in Lechriopini.

Genera

These 26 genera belong to the tribe Lechriopini:

• Balaninurus Heller, 1895
• Copturomimus Heller, 1895
• Copturomorpha Champion, 1906
• Copturus Schönherr, 1825
• Coturpus R.S. Anderson, 1994
• Crassocopturus Rheinheimer, 2011
• Cylindrocopturinus Sleeper, 1963
• Damurus Heller, 1895
• Eulechriops Faust, 1896
• Euzurus Champion, 1906
• Hoplocopturus Heller, 1895
• Lechriops Schönherr, 1825
• Machaerocnemis Heller, 1895
• Macrocopturus Heller, 1895
• Macrolechriops Champion, 1906
• Microzurus Heller, 1895
• Microzygops Champion, 1906
• Mnemyne Pascoe, 1880
• Mnemynurus Heller, 1895
• Paramnemyne Heller, 1895
• Paramnemynellus Hustache, 1932
• Poecilogaster Heller, 1895
• Pseudolechriops Champion, 1906
• Psomus Casey, 1892
• Rhinolechriops Hustache, 1939
• Tachylechriops Heller, 1895
• Turcopus R.S. Anderson, 1994

Further reading

• Book: A World Catalogue of Families and Genera of Curculionoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) (Excepting Scotylidae and Platypodidae). 1999. Alonso-Zarazaga . Miguel A.. Lyal . Christopher H. C.. Entomopraxis. 978-84-605-9994-4.
• New Curculionoidea (Coleoptera) records for Canada. 2013. Douglas . H.. Bouchard . P.. Anderson . R. S.. de Tonnancour . P.. Vigneault . R.. Webster . R. P. 4. ZooKeys. 681. 13–48. 1313-2989. 10.3897/zookeys.681.12469. 5523881. 28769721. free.
• Book: Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. 1861. LeConte . J. L.. Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 3. 136. 978-0665100550. 10.5962/bhl.title.38459.
• 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.