Mecopelmini

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: Platypodinae
Tribus: Mecopelmini
Genera: Mecopelmus – Protoplatypus

Name

Mecopelmini Thompson, 1992: 873, in key

• Type genus: Mecopelmus Blackman, 1944.

Synonymy

• Mecopelminae Thompson, 1992: 873, in key [original name]

References

Primary references

• Thompson, R.T. 1992. Observations on the morphology and classification of weevils (Coleoptera, Curculionoidea) with a key to major groups. Journal of Natural History 26(4): 835–891. DOI: 10.1080/00222939200770511 Reference page.  [original description: p. 873, in key]

Additional references

• Alonso-Zarazaga, M.A.; Lyal, C.H.C. 2009: A catalogue of family and genus group names in Scolytinae and Platypodinae with nomenclatural remarks (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Zootaxa, 2258: 1–134. Abstract & excerpt