Genus of beetles
Pissodes pini
Pissodes castaneus
Pissodes is a genus of weevils described by Ernst Friedrich Germar in 1817.
These insects live on conifers .[ 1] They are widely distributed in the Northern Hemisphere , their distribution mirroring that of plants in the Pinaceae , the pine family, which includes most of their host trees.[ 2]
A few Pissodes species are considered to be pests , such as Pissodes strobi , P. nemorensis , and P. terminalis , because they do significant damage to trees.[ 2]
Pine weevil anterior view
There are at least 140 described species in Pissodes .[ 3] [ 4] [ 5] [ 6] [ 7]
See also
References
^ O'Brien, C. W. (1989). Revision of the weevil genus Pissodes in Mexico with notes on Neotropical Pissodini (Coleoptera, Curculionidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 415-32.
^ a b Lu, X., Zhang, R., & Langor, D. W. (2007). Two new species of Pissodes (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) from China, with notes on Palearctic species. The Canadian Entomologist 139(2), 179-88.
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"Pissodes Report" . Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 2018-04-25 .
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"Browse Pissodes " . Catalogue of Life . Retrieved 2018-04-25 .
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"Pissodes " . GBIF . Retrieved 2018-04-25 .
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"Pissodes Genus Information" . BugGuide.net . Retrieved 2018-04-25 .
^ Lu, X. and RunZhi, Z. (2007). Species, distribution and host plants of genus Pissodes (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) and its potential invasive threat. Scientia Silvae Sinicae 43(9), 38-43.
External links
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