Holcophloeus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Curculionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Cucujiformia Superfamilia: Curculionoidea

Familia: Curculionidae
Subfamilia: Entiminae
Tribus: Holcorhinini
Genus: Holcophloeus
Species: H. caldarai – H. cruciatus – H. laurae – H. weilli

Name

• Holcophloeus Borovec & Meregalli, 2013
• Type species: Trachyphloeus cruciatus Seidlitz, 1868 by present designation.

• Etymology: Combination of Holco – and – phloeus, suggested by the genus belonging to the tribe Holcorhinini, although at first sight it resembles species of the genus Trachyphloeus.

References

• Roman Borovec; Fabrizio Menardo; Massimo Meregalli, 2013: A new genus of Entiminae from North Africa, supported by a phylogenetic analysis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae). Zoological journal of the Linnean Society, 167: 243–258, 8 figs. DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12001.
• Borovec, R., Košťál, M. & Báborská, Z. 2018. Holcophloeus caldarai (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Holcorhinini) a new weevil species from Morocco. Zootaxa 4403(3): 578–585. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4403.3.10 Reference page.