Pachnaeus Explained

Pachnaeus is a genus of broad-nosed weevils in the family Curculionidae. There are about seven described species in Pachnaeus.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Species

These seven species belong to the genus Pachnaeus:

• Pachnaeus azurescens Gyllenhal, 1834
• Pachnaeus citri Marshall, 1916
• Pachnaeus costatus Perroud, 1853
• Pachnaeus litus (Germar, 1824) (blue-green citrus root weevil)
• Pachnaeus marmoratus Marshall, 1916
• Pachnaeus opalus (Olivier, 1807) (northern citrus root weevil)
• Pachnaeus psittacus (Olivier, 1807)

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. 978-84-605-9994-4.
• 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..
• Book: Bright . Donald E.. Bouchard . Patrice. 2008. Insects and Arachnids of Canada Series, Part 25. Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Entiminae. NRC Research Press, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
• Brown . S.D.J.. 2017. Austromonticola, a new genus of broad-nosed weevil (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Entiminae) from montane areas of New Zealand. ZooKeys. 707. 73–130. 10.3897/zookeys.707.12649. 29118629. 5674147. free.
• Book: LeConte . J.L.. 1861. Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections . 3 . 136. 978-0665100550. 10.5962/bhl.title.38459. free.
• O'Brien . Charles W.. Wibmer . Guillermo J.. 1982. Annotated checklist of the weevils (Curculionidae sensu lato) of North America, Central America, and the West Indies (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea). Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute. 34.
• Book: White. Richard E.. 1998. 1983. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 978-0395910894. registration.

External links

Notes and References

1. Web site: Pachnaeus Genus Information. BugGuide.net. 2018-03-06.
2. Web site: Pachnaeus Report. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. 2018-03-06.
3. Web site: Pachnaeus Overview. Encyclopedia of Life. 2018-03-06.
4. Web site: Browse Pachnaeus. Catalogue of Life. 2018-03-06.