Hypera

Hypera
Hypera diversipunctata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Curculionidae
Subfamily:	Hyperinae
Tribe:	Hyperini
Genus:	Hypera Germar, 1817
Diversity
at least 280 species
Synonyms[1]
Phytonomus Schönherr, 1823

Hypera is a genus of clover and alfalfa weevils in the beetle family Curculionidae. There are at least 280 described species in Hypera.[1][2][3][4]

Hypera rumicis larva in cocoon

See also

• List of Hypera species

References

1. "Hypera Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-20.
2. "Browse Hypera". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-20.
3. "Hypera". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-20.
4. "Hypera Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-20.

Further reading

• Radcliffe, Edward B.; Flanders, Kathy L. (1998). "Biological control of alfalfa weevil in North America". Integrated Pest Management Reviews. 3 (4): 225–242. doi:10.1023/A:1009611219360. S2CID 82043701.
• 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)" (PDF). Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-12-24. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
• Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 7: Curculionoidea I. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-26093-1.
• Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 8: Curculionoidea II. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-25916-4.

External links

• Media related to Hypera at Wikimedia Commons