Biology:Pseudoedophrys

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Short description: Genus of beetles

Pseudoedophrys
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Pseudoedophrys hilleri
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Curculionidae
Tribe: Cyphicerini
Subtribe: Cyphicerina
Genus: Pseudoedophrys
Kojima & Morimoto, 2006
Species:
P. hilleri
Binomial name
Pseudoedophrys hilleri
(Faust, 1889)

Pseudoedophrys is a genus of oriental broad-nosed weevils in the beetle family Curculionidae. There is one described species in Pseudoedophrys, P. hilleri. It originated in Japan, and can now be found in eastern North America.

This species was transferred from Oedophrys into the new genus Pseudoedophrys in 2006.[1][2]

Pseudoedophrys hilleri

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q28770297 entry