Trichobaris Explained

Trichobaris is a genus of flower weevils in the family Curculionidae. There are 8 to 13 species in genus Trichobaris.^[1]

These weevils feed on plants in the family Solanaceae, including cultivated plants such as tomato, potato, and tobacco.^[1] They likely evolved in association with plants of genus Datura.^[1]

Species

Species include:^{[2] [3]}

• Trichobaris bridwelli Barber, 1935
• Trichobaris championi Barber, 1935
• Trichobaris compacta Casey, 1892 (Datura weevil)
• Trichobaris cylindrica Casey, 1892
• Trichobaris insolita Casey, 1892
• Trichobaris major Barber, 1935
• Trichobaris mucorea (LeConte, 1858) (tobacco stalk borer)
• Trichobaris pellicea (Boheman, 1844)
• Trichobaris pueblana Casey, 1920
• Trichobaris trinotata (Say, 1832) (potato stalk borer)
• Trichobaris vestita (Boheman, 1836)

References

• Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A., and Christopher H. C. Lyal (1999). A World Catalogue of Families and Genera of Curculionoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) (Excepting Scotylidae and Platypodidae), 315.
• Poole, Robert W., and Patricia Gentili, eds. (1996). "Coleoptera". Nomina Insecta Nearctica: A Check List of the Insects of North America, vol. 1: Coleoptera, Strepsiptera, 41-820.

Further reading

• Arnett, R. H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). (21 June 2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida .
• Book: Ross H. Arnett. 30 July 2000. American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. 978-0-8493-0212-1.
• Richard E. White. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.

External links

• NCBI Taxonomy Browser, Trichobaris

Notes and References

1. De la Mora, M., et al. 2018. Evolution of Trichobaris (Curculionidae) in relation to host plants: Geometric morphometrics, phylogeny and phylogeography. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Vol. 124, pp 37-49.
2. Web site: Trichobaris Genus Information. BugGuide.net. Iowa State University. 2018-01-26.
3. Web site: Trichobaris Report. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. 2018-01-26.