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Checklist of Family Brentidae Billberg, 1820 (Brenthidae)
for Zimbabwe (East Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
480
6542
17532
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
478
6538
17527
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
462
6445
17300
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
302
5519
15626
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
76
1796
4583
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
71
1536
3598
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Cucujiformia
Lameere, 1938
36
819
1405
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Curculionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bark Beetles, Snout Beetles and Bark Beetles, Weevils
5
193
339
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyBrentidae
Billberg, 1820
Brenthidae, Cycad weevils, New York weevil, Primitive
14
24
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Zimbabwe
14 Genera with 24 Species
Amorphocephala Damoiseau, 18712SpeciesTaxom
Apion Herbst, 18983SpeciesTaxom
Cyanapion Bokor, 18081SpeciesTaxom
Cylas Latrreille, 18331SpeciesTaxom
Episus Billberg, 18857SpeciesTaxom
Falsoconapion Voss, 19621SpeciesTaxom
Gynandrorhynchus Lacordaire, 18651SpeciesTaxom
Holotrichapion Gyoerffy, 18081SpeciesTaxom
Microcerus Schoenherr, 18558SpeciesTaxom
Piezotrachelus Schonherr, 18301SpeciesTaxom
Pseudoceocephalus Kleine, 19201SpeciesTaxom
Rhinopteryx Lacordaire, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Symmorphocerus Schoenherr, 18071SpeciesTaxom
Usambius Kolbe, 18661SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Zimbabwe
24 Species
Amorphocephala imitator Fåhraeus, 1871
Apion considerandum Fåhraeus, 1871
Apion pullum Gyllenhal, 1833
Apion tenuiforme Fall, 1898
Cyanapion (Bothryorrhynchapion) gyllenhalii Kirby, 1808
Cylas cyanescens Boheman, 1833
Episus angusticollis Fåhraeus, 1871
Episus contractus Fåhraeus, 1871
Episus cyathiformis Gyllenhal, 1833Key dusky pipefish
Episus cylindrus Louw, 1986Pacific cornetfish
Episus devylderi Aurivillius, 1885
Episus fahraei Aurivillius, 1885
Holotrichapion (Holotrichapion) ononis Kirby, 1808
Microcerus besckei Fåhraeus, 1840Snipefishes
Microcerus borrei Aurivillius, 1885
Microcerus costalis Fåhraeus, 1871
Microcerus fallax Fåhraeus, 1871
Microcerus interstitiopunctatus Aurivillius, 1885
Microcerus latipennis Fåhraeus, 1871
Microcerus spiniger Gerstäcker, 1855
Microcerus subcaudatus Gerstäcker, 1855
Rhinopteryx foveipennis J. Thomson, 1858West Indian squirrelfish
Symmorphocerus frontalis Olivier, 1807
Usambius advena Pascoe, 1866

Subnodes of Brentidae with occurrences in Zimbabwe
SubfamilyApioninae
Schoenherr, 1823
Pear-shaped Weevils
5
5
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyBrentinae
Billberg, 1820
Straight-snouted weevils
3
3
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyCyphagoginae
Kolbe, 1892
1
1
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyMicrocerinae
Lacordaire, 1863
2
14
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyTrachelizinae
Lacordaire, 1865
3
1
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


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