Choraginae

Taxonavigation edit

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

Choraginae Kirby, 1819 [placed on the Official List of Family-Group Names in Zoology by ICZN (1994: 72), as Choragidae, with the endorsement that family-group names based on Choragus Kirby, 1819 are not to be given priority over those based on Anthribus Geoffroy, 1762] [source: ICZN (1994: 72)]
- Type genus: Choragus Kirby, 1819 [source: ICZN (1994: 72)] [stem = Chorag-]

ICZN 1994: OPINION 1756. ANTHRIBIDAE Billberg, 1820 (Insecta, Coleoptera): given precedence over CHORAGIDAE Kirby, 1819. Bulletin of zoological nomenclature, 51: 72–73. ISSN: 0007-5167 Internet Archive BHL BioStor

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