Mecinus

Mecinus
Mecinus pascuorum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Curculionidae
Tribe:	Mecinini
Genus:	Mecinus Germar, 1821

Mecinus is a genus of true weevils in the family of beetles known as Curculionidae. There are at least 90 described species in Mecinus.[1][2][3][4][5]

Mecinus pascuorum

Species

These 95 species belong to the genus Mecinus:

• Mecinus aestivus Caldara, 2001^c
• Mecinus albipubens Reitter, 1907^c
• Mecinus alboscutellatus Caldara, 2001^c
• Mecinus alpinus Hustache, 1941^c
• Mecinus alternans Kirsch, 1870^c
• Mecinus andalusicus Faust, 1890^c
• Mecinus angustatus Desbrochers, 1893^c
• Mecinus aubei Desbrochers, 1893^c
• Mecinus barbarus Gyllenhal, 1838^c
• Mecinus bonnairei Caldara, 2001^c
• Mecinus brevithorax Desbrochers, 1893^c
• Mecinus bulgaricus Angelov, 1971^c
• Mecinus caucasicus Caldara, 2001^c
• Mecinus cerasi^c
• Mecinus circulatus Stephens, 1829^c
• Mecinus collaris Dejean, 1821^c
• Mecinus comosus Boheman, 1845^c
• Mecinus concavirostris Caldara, 2001^c
• Mecinus corifoliae Tosevski & Jovic, 2014^c g
• Mecinus crassifemur Caldara, 2001^c
• Mecinus cuprifer Dejean, 1821^c
• Mecinus curvirostris Petri, 1926^c
• Mecinus desertorum Caldara, 2001^c
• Mecinus dorsalis Aubé, 1850^c
• Mecinus echinatus Desbrochers, 1893^c
• Mecinus elongatus Caldara, 2001^c
• Mecinus erythrocerus Abeille, 1910^c
• Mecinus erythrocnemus Abeille de Perrin, 1910^c
• Mecinus fairmairei Tournier, 1873^c
• Mecinus favarcqi Pic, 1915^c
• Mecinus filiformis Aubé, 1850^c
• Mecinus fimbriatus Germar, E.F., 1821^c
• Mecinus haemorrhoidalis Stephens, 1831^c
• Mecinus hariolus Reitter, 1907^c
• Mecinus henrici Caldara, 2001^c
• Mecinus hesteticus Vitale, 1906^c
• Mecinus heydeni Wencker, 1866^c
• Mecinus horridulus Desbrochers, 1893^c
• Mecinus humeralis Tournier, 1873^c
• Mecinus ianthinus Germar, 1821^g
• Mecinus ictericus Caldara, 2001^c
• Mecinus janthiniformis Tosevski & Caldara in Tosevski, Caldara, Jovic, Hernández-Vera, baviera, Gassmann & Emerson, 2011^c
• Mecinus janthinus Thomson, 1865^c g b (stem-boring weevil)
• Mecinus kaemmereri Wagner, 1927^g
• Mecinus kämmereri Wagner, 1927^c
• Mecinus labilis (Herbst, J.F.W., 1795)^c g
• Mecinus laeviceps Tournier, 1873^c g
• Mecinus latiusculus Caldara, 2001^c
• Mecinus limbatus Dejean, 1821^c
• Mecinus lineicollis Reitter, 1907^c
• Mecinus linnavuorii Caldara, 2001^c
• Mecinus longirostris Caldara, 2001^c
• Mecinus longiusculus Boheman, 1845^c
• Mecinus longulus Caldara, 2001^c g
• Mecinus ludyi Caldara, 2001^c g
• Mecinus marginatus Germar, E.F., 1821^c
• Mecinus marina Caldara, 2001^c
• Mecinus marmota Caldara, 2001^c
• Mecinus meridionalis Tosevski & Jovic, 2014^c g
• Mecinus nasutus Tournier, 1873^c
• Mecinus nigronotatus Caldara, 2001^c
• Mecinus paratychioides Caldara, 2001^c
• Mecinus pascuorum (Gyllenhal, 1813)^c b
• Mecinus peterharrisi Tosevski & Caldara, 2014^c g
• Mecinus pici Reitter, 1907^c
• Mecinus pinastri Dejean, 1821^c
• Mecinus pipistrellus Caldara, 2001^c
• Mecinus pirazzolii Caldara, 2001^c
• Mecinus plantaginis Caldara, 2001^c
• Mecinus pyraster (Herbst, 1795)^i c g b (stem miner weevil)
• Mecinus raphaelis Baviera & Caldara, 2014^c g
• Mecinus reichei Tournier, 1873^c
• Mecinus rufipennis Pic, 1915^c
• Mecinus sanctus Caldara, 2001^c
• Mecinus schneideri Kirsch, 1870^c
• Mecinus semicylindricus Dejean, 1821^c
• Mecinus seriatus Caldara, 2001^c
• Mecinus setosus Kiesenwetter, 1864^c
• Mecinus setulosus Pic, 1896^c
• Mecinus sicardi Hustache, 1920^c
• Mecinus simus Caldara, 2001^c
• Mecinus subcylindricus Pic, 1896^c
• Mecinus sublineellus Fairmaire, 1880^c
• Mecinus suturalis Reitter, 1907^c
• Mecinus tanaiticus Arzanov, 2000^c
• Mecinus tavaresi Hoffmann, 1958^c
• Mecinus teretiusculus Boheman, 1845^c
• Mecinus theresae Reitter, 1907^c
• Mecinus tournieri Fairmaire, 1876^c
• Mecinus tychioides Caldara, 2001^c
• Mecinus variabilis Caldara, 2001^c
• Mecinus variegatus Sturm, 1826^c
• Mecinus venturensis Hoffmann, 1958^c
• Mecinus violaceus Dejean, 1821^c
• Mecinus zherichini Caldara, 2001^c

Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[2] g = GBIF,[3] b = Bugguide.net[4]

References

1. "Mecinus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
2. "Browse Mecinus". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
3. "Mecinus". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
4. "Mecinus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
5. "Mecinus Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-05.

Further reading

• 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. ISBN 84-605-9994-9.
• Arnett, R.H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0849309540.
• Blatchley, W.S. (1910). An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera, beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana. Nature Pub.
• Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Davies, Anthony E.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". ZooKeys (88). Pensoft Publishers: 1–972. doi:10.3897/zookeys.88.807. ISSN 1313-2989. PMC 3088472. PMID 21594053.
• LeConte, J.L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Vol. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 0665100558.
• 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).
• White, Richard E. (1998) [1983]. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 0395910897.

External links

• Media related to Mecinus at Wikimedia Commons