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Checklist for Family Brentidae Billberg, 1820 (Brenthidae)
and region Kenya (East Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
503
7105
22102
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
501
7100
22096
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
482
7015
21853
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
302
5811
19641
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
74
1983
6237
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
68
1730
5215
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Cucujiformia
Lameere, 1938
35
890
2029
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Curculionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bark Beetles, Snout Beetles and Bark Beetles, Weevils
4
241
517
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyBrentidae
Billberg, 1820
Brenthidae, Cycad weevils, New York weevil, Primitive
22
32
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Kenya
22 Genera with 32 Species
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Afrothymapion Wanat, 1990
0SpeciesTaxom
Amorphocephala Damoiseau, 18711SpeciesTaxom
Anisognathus L. Reichenbach, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Apion Herbst, 19213SpeciesTaxom
Bolbocranius Kolbe, 1897
0SpeciesTaxom
Cerobates Schoenherr, 18985SpeciesTaxom
Conapium Palaeoconapi..., 2012
0SpeciesTaxom
Cylas Latrreille, 18331SpeciesTaxom
Episus Billberg, 18402SpeciesTaxom
Gynandrorhynchus Lacordaire, 1865
0SpeciesTaxom
Microcerus Schoenherr, 18555SpeciesTaxom
Microtrachelizus Senna, 18972SpeciesTaxom
Mygaleicus Kleine, 01SpeciesTaxom
Nothogaster Lacordaire, 18072SpeciesTaxom
Orfilaia Haedo Rossi, 18841SpeciesTaxom
Perisymmorphocerus Kleine, 19191SpeciesTaxom
Piezotrachelus Schonherr, 19423SpeciesTaxom
Protapion Schilsky, 17971SpeciesTaxom
Pseudoceocephalus Kleine, 18001SpeciesTaxom
Pseudoconapion Vose, 1959
0SpeciesTaxom
Rhinopteryx Lacordaire, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Storeosomus Lacordaire, 18411SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Kenya
32 Species
Amorphocephala imitator Fåhraeus, 1871
Anisognathus csikii Bolkay, 1910
Apion africanum Gyllenhal, 1839
Apion graminis
Apion kefense Normand, 1921
Cerobates (Cerobates) copiosus Kleine, 1923Blackbar soldierfish
Cerobates (Cerobates) cruentatus Senna, 1898
Cerobates (Cerobates) sulcatus Boheman, 1840
Cerobates (Ionthocerus) debilis J. Thomson, 1858
Cerobates (Ionthocerus) zanzibaricus Senna, 1898
Cylas cyanescens Boheman, 1833
Episus holmi Louw, 1986Pacific cornetfish
Episus hopei Boheman, 1840
Microcerus annuliger Harold, 1880
Microcerus bicolor Louw, 1986Pacific cornetfish
Microcerus cribellatus Fairmaire, 1887
Microcerus retusus Fabricius, 1781
Microcerus spiniger Gerstäcker, 1855
Microtrachelizus aethiopicus Calabresi, 1922
Microtrachelizus rectestriatus Fairmaire, 1897
Mygaleicus somereni
Nothogaster laevicollis J. Thomson, 1858West Indian squirrelfish
Nothogaster picipes Olivier, 1807
Orfilaia bifalcata Fairmaire, 1884
Perisymmorphocerus compactus Kleine, 1919Bigscale soldierfish
Piezotrachelus pseudofuliginosus Balfour-Browne, 1942
Piezotrachelus punctisternus Balfour-Browne, 1942
Piezotrachelus vecors Balfour-Browne, 1942
Protapion apricans Herbst, 1797Clover Seed Weevil
Pseudoceocephalus depressus Lund, 1800Spinycheek soldierfish
Rhinopteryx foveipennis J. Thomson, 1858West Indian squirrelfish
Storeosomus riisii Labram and I..., 1841King-of-the-salmon

Subnodes of Brentidae with occurrences in Kenya
SubfamilyApioninae
Schoenherr, 1823
Pear-shaped Weevils
6
7
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyBrentinae
Billberg, 1820
Straight-snouted weevils
7
6
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCyphagoginae
Kolbe, 1892
1
5
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyMicrocerinae
Lacordaire, 1863
2
7
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyTrachelizinae
Lacordaire, 1865
6
7
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Brentidae at gbif.org
Brentidae at irmng.org
Brentidae at itis.gov