Mecomacerini

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: Nemonychidae
Subfamilia: Rhinorhynchinae
Tribus: Mecomacerini
Subtribus: Brarina – Bunyaeina – Mecomacerina – Rhynchitoplesiina
Genera (10): Aragomacer – Araucomacer – Brarus – Bunyaeus – Eutactobius – Mecomacer – Notomacer – Rhynchitomacerinus – Rhynchitoplesius – †Cratomacer

[source: Kuschel & Leschen (2011)]

possibly also (1): †Renicimberis

[source: Legalov (2009)]

Name

• Mecomacerini Kuschel, 1994

Included family-group names

• Stem: Brar-
  • Author and date: Legalov, 2009
  • Type genus: Brarus Kuschel, 1997

References

• Bouchard, P., Bousquet, Y., Davies, A.E., Alonso-Zarazaga, M.A., Lawrence, J.F., Lyal, C.H.C., Newton, A.F., Reid, C.A.M., Schmitt, M., Ślipiński, S.A. & Smith, A.B.T. 2011. Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta). ZooKeys 88: 1–972. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.88.807 . PMC: 3088472 . Reference page. 
• Kuschel, G. 1954: La familia Nemonychidae en la region Neotropical (Aporte 15 de Coleoptera Curculionoidea). Revista Chilena de Historia Natural, 54(9): 97–126.
• Kuschel, G. 1994: Appendix. Nemonychidae of Australia, New Guinea and New Caledonia. Pp. 563-637 in: Zimmerman, E.C. Australian weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea). Volume 1. Orthoceri Anthribidae to Attelabidae, the primitive weevils. CSIRO, Melbourne. ISBN 0 643 05145 7.Reference page. 
• Kuschel, G. & Leschen, R.A.B. 2011. Phylogeny and taxonomy of the Rhinorhynchinae (Coleoptera: Nemonychidae). Invertebrate Systematics 24(6): 573–615. DOI: 10.1071/IS09027 Reference page. 
• Legalov, A.A. 2009. Annotated checklist of fossil and recent species of the family Nemonychidae (Coleoptera) from the world fauna. Amurian Zoological Journal 1(3): 200–213, plate I. PDF
• May, B.M. 1993: Larvae of Curculionoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera): a systematic overview. Fauna of New Zealand, (28) ISBN 0-478-04505-0 [NOTE: Mecomacerini unavailable name]