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Checklist for Family Brentidae Billberg, 1820 (Brenthidae)
and region Transvaal (Republic South Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
380
3140
5821
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
380
3140
5821
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
357
3054
5696
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
229
2399
4651
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
63
937
1960
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
56
814
1700
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Cucujiformia
Lameere, 1938
25
430
716
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Curculionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bark Beetles, Snout Beetles and Bark Beetles, Weevils
4
133
315
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyBrentidae
Billberg, 1820
Brenthidae, Cycad weevils, New York weevil, Primitive
11
18
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Transvaal
11 Genera with 18 Species
Amorphocephala Damoiseau, 18711SpeciesTaxom
Apiomorphus Wagner, 1911
0SpeciesTaxom
Cyanapion Bokor, 18081SpeciesTaxom
Cylas Latrreille, 18331SpeciesTaxom
Episus Billberg, 18335SpeciesTaxom
Gynandrorhynchus Lacordaire, 1865
0SpeciesTaxom
Microcerus Schoenherr, 18556SpeciesTaxom
Pericordus Kolbe, 18831SpeciesTaxom
Protapion Schilsky, 17972SpeciesTaxom
Pseudoceocephalus Kleine, 1920
0SpeciesTaxom
Symmorphocerus Schoenherr, 18071SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Transvaal
18 Species
Amorphocephala imitator Fåhraeus, 1871
Cyanapion (Bothryorrhynchapion) gyllenhalii Kirby, 1808
Cylas cyanescens Boheman, 1833
Episus angusticollis Fåhraeus, 1871
Episus devylderi Aurivillius, 1885
Episus flexuosus Boheman, 1840
Episus hieroglyphicus Fåhraeus, 1871
Episus simulator Dalman, 1833
Microcerus borrei Aurivillius, 1885
Microcerus costalis Fåhraeus, 1871
Microcerus fallax Fåhraeus, 1871
Microcerus latipennis Fåhraeus, 1871
Microcerus retusus Fabricius, 1781
Microcerus subcaudatus Gerstäcker, 1855
Pericordus latipes Kolbe, 1883
Protapion angusticolle Gyllenhal, 1833
Protapion apricans Herbst, 1797Clover Seed Weevil
Symmorphocerus frontalis Olivier, 1807

Subnodes of Brentidae with occurrences in Transvaal
SubfamilyApioninae
Schoenherr, 1823
Pear-shaped Weevils
3
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyBrentinae
Billberg, 1820
Straight-snouted weevils
4
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyMicrocerinae
Lacordaire, 1863
2
11
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyTrachelizinae
Lacordaire, 1865
2
0
Genera
Species

Taxom



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