Metatygini

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: Molytinae
Tribus: Metatygini
Genera: Omophorus – Physarchus – Sternechosomus – Teluropus

Name

Metatygini Pascoe, 1888: 409

• Type genus: Metatyges Pascoe, 1865 [syn. of Omophorus Schönherr, 1835].

Synonymy

• Metatyginae Pascoe, 1888: 409 [original name]
• Omophorini G.A.K. Marshall, 1917: 195
  • Type genus: Omophorus Schönherr, 1835.
• Sternechosomini Voss, 1958: 43, in key
  • Type genus: Sternechosomus Voss, 1958.

References

Primary references

• Pascoe, F.P. 1888. Descriptions of some new genera and species of Curculionidae, mostly Asiatic. Part V. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6) 2(11): 409–418. BHL Reference page.  [original description: p. 409]

Additional references

• Legalov, A.A. 2018. Annotated key to weevils of the world. Part 2. Subfamily Molytinae (Coleoptera, Curculionidae). Ukrainian Journal of Ecology 8(4): 340–350. Online. PDF. Reference page.