Subfamily Hyperinae

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Works Cited

Brown weevil with dark snout - Hypera postica

Hypera postica life cycle - Hypera postica

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga

No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)

Superfamily Curculionoidea

Family Curculionidae (Snout and Bark Beetles)

Subfamily Hyperinae

Explanation of Names

Hyperinae Marseul 1863

Numbers

2 tribes with 36 genera total, of which only Hyperini is represented in NA(1); many spp. in NA are adventive or introduced from Eurasia

Range

mostly Old World: Hyperini mostly Palaearctic (esp. diverse in Asia); Cepurini, worldwide but mostly tropical(1)

Works Cited

1.	Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta) Bouchard P, Bousquet Y, Davies A, Alonso-Zarazaga M, Lawrence JF, Lyal CH, Newton A, Reid CA, Schmitt M, Ślipiński SA, Smith A. 2011. ZooKeys 88: 1–972.

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 4 May, 2006 - 8:46pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 24 November, 2020 - 2:35am

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