Perigaster Explained

Perigaster is a genus of minute seed weevils in the beetle family Curculionidae. There are about seven described species in Perigaster.

Species

These seven species belong to the genus Perigaster:

• Perigaster alternans Blatchley, 1928

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• Perigaster cretura (Herbst, 1797)

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• Perigaster liturata (Dietz, 1896)

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• Perigaster lituratus Buchanan, 1937

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• Perigaster longirostris Buchanan, 1931

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• Perigaster obscura (LeConte, 1876)

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• Perigaster tetracantha Champion,

^cData 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.
• 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.