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Checklist for Family Curculionidae Latreille, 1802 (Ambrosia beetles)
and region Afrotropical (Ecozones)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
223
6838
56840
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
223
6838
56840
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
209
6733
56403
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
185
6591
56071
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
22
1596
21098
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
21
1236
15677
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Cucujiformia
Lameere, 1938
3
57
246
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Curculionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bark Beetles, Snout Beetles and Bark Beetles, Weevils
1
53
223
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCurculionidae
Latreille, 1802
Ambrosia beetles, Amycteridae, Aquatic weevils, Weevil
53
223
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Afrotropical
53 Genera with 223 Species
#ACDEGHLMPRSTX
Acanthotomicus Blandford, 19927SpeciesTaxom
Afromicracis Schedl, 20091SpeciesTaxom
Ambrosiodmus Hopkins, 19926SpeciesTaxom
Aphanarthrum Wollaston, 19232SpeciesTaxom
Chaetastus Nunberg, 19532SpeciesTaxom
Chortastus Schaufuss, 19094SpeciesTaxom
Coccotrypes Eichhoff, 1992Palm Seed Borers5SpeciesTaxom
Cryphalus Erichson, 1872Bark beetle2SpeciesTaxom
Cryptocurus Schedl, 19571SpeciesTaxom
Ctonoxylon Hagedorn, 19208SpeciesTaxom
Cyclorhipidion Hagedorn, 19923SpeciesTaxom
Cylindropalpus Strohmeyer, 05SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtogenius Eggers, 03SpeciesTaxom
Dactylipalpus Chapuis, 19194SpeciesTaxom
Diamerus Erichson, 06SpeciesTaxom
Diapus Chapuis, 18651SpeciesTaxom
Doligopygus1SpeciesTaxom
Doliopygus Schedl, 195228SpeciesTaxom
Euplatypus Wood, 20024SpeciesTaxom
Glotastus3SpeciesTaxom
Hapalogenius Hagedorn, 20097SpeciesTaxom
Hylesinopsis Eggers, 04SpeciesTaxom
Hypothenemus Westwood, 1992coffee borer beetle10SpeciesTaxom
Lanurgus Eggers, 19626SpeciesTaxom
Liparthrum Wollaston, 18621SpeciesTaxom
Mesoplatypus Strohmeyer, 19571SpeciesTaxom
Mimiocurus Schedl, 19921SpeciesTaxom
Mitosoma Chapuis, 18651SpeciesTaxom
Periommatus Chapuis, 013SpeciesTaxom
Phrixosoma Blandford, 19921SpeciesTaxom
Pityophthorus Eichhoff, 19204SpeciesTaxom
Platypus Herbst, 19924SpeciesTaxom
Polygraphus Erichson, 19328SpeciesTaxom
Premnobius Eichhoff, 19248SpeciesTaxom
Rhopaleslion1SpeciesTaxom
Scolytogenes Eichhoff, 19921SpeciesTaxom
Scolytoplatypus Schaufuss, 19044SpeciesTaxom
Serrastus Nunberg, 19721SpeciesTaxom
Sphaerotrypes Blandford, 19322SpeciesTaxom
Stephanopodius Schedl, 19922SpeciesTaxom
Strombophorus Hagedorn, 19366SpeciesTaxom
Styracoptinus Wood, 19922SpeciesTaxom
Taphronurgus Reitter, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Thamnurgus Eichhoff, 19355SpeciesTaxom
Tiarophorus Schreiner, 19572SpeciesTaxom
Trachyostus Schedl, 19925SpeciesTaxom
Traglostus Schedl, 19381SpeciesTaxom
Triozastus Schedl, 19924SpeciesTaxom
Tritoemnus1SpeciesTaxom
Xyleborinus Reitter, 19923SpeciesTaxom
Xyleborus Eichhoff, 1927Pinhole borers11SpeciesTaxom
Xylocleptus2SpeciesTaxom
Xyloctonus Eichhoff, 19394SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Afrotropical
223 Species
Acanthotomicus acuminatus Wood & Bright, 1992
Acanthotomicus angylocalyx Wood & Bright, 1992
Acanthotomicus biconicus Wood & Bright, 1992
Acanthotomicus conjunctus Wood & Bright, 1992
Acanthotomicus pilosellus Wood & Bright, 1992
Acanthotomicus pilosus Wood & Bright, 1992
Acanthotomicus variabilis Wood & Bright, 1992
Afromicracis attenuata Alonso-Zaraz..., 2009
Ambrosiodmus aegir Wood & Bright, 1992
Ambrosiodmus bostrichoides Wood & Bright, 1992
Ambrosiodmus camphorae Wood & Bright, 1992
Ambrosiodmus eichhoffi Wood & Bright, 1992
Ambrosiodmus mamibillae Wood & Bright, 1992
Ambrosiodmus tropicus Wood & Bright, 1992
Aphanarthrum armatum Wollaston, 1861
Aphanarthrum mairei Peyerimhoff, 1923
Chaetastus persimilis Wood & Bright, 1992
Chaetastus tuberculatus Nunberg, 1953
Chortastus camerunus Schaufuss, C..., 1905
Chortastus medius Eggers, 1924
Chortastus orientalis Schedl, 1957
Chortastus schenklingi Hagedorn, 1909
Coccotrypes congonus Eggers, 1924
Coccotrypes cylindricus Wood & Bright, 1992
Coccotrypes laevicollis Wood & Bright, 1992
Coccotrypes rotundicollis Wood & Bright, 1992
Coccotrypes sannio Wood & Bright, 1992
Cryphalus paganus Eichhoff, 1878
Cryphalus pallidus Eichhoff, 1872
Cryptocurus spinipennis Schedl, 1957
Ctonoxylon bosqueiae Schedl, 1962
Ctonoxylon camerunum Hagedorn, 1910
Ctonoxylon flavescens Hagedorn, 1910
Ctonoxylon hamatum Schedl, 1941
Ctonoxylon methneri Eggers, 1922
Ctonoxylon nodosum Eggers, 1940
Ctonoxylon spathifer Schedl, 1951
Ctonoxylon spinifer Eggers, 1920
Cyclorhipidion cachani Wood & Bright, 1992
Cyclorhipidion crucifer Wood & Bright, 1992
Cyclorhipidion posticespinatum Wood & Bright, 1992
Cylindropalpus affinis Strohmeyer, 1912
Cylindropalpus auricomanus
Cylindropalpus graulosus
Cylindropalpus laudatus
Cylindropalpus pumilio
Cyrtogenius africanus Wood & Bright, 1992
Cyrtogenius africus Wood, 1988
Cyrtogenius cribicollis
Dactylipalpus camerunus Hagedorn, 1908
Dactylipalpus cicatricosus Wood & Bright, 1992
Dactylipalpus grouvellei Wood & Bright, 1992
Dactylipalpus parricida Eggers, 1919
Diamerus hispidius
Diamerus impar Chapuis, 1869
Diamerus imperfectus Eggers, 1940
Diamerus inermis Eggers, 1940
Diamerus pimeloides
Diamerus pulverlentus
Diapus quinquespinatus Chapuis, 1865
Doligopygus strombosiopsis
Doliopygus aduncus Schedl, 1961
Doliopygus artespinatus Wood & Bright, 1992
Doliopygus bidentatus Schedl, 1957
Doliopygus chapuisi Wood & Bright, 1992
Doliopygus citri Schedl, 1948
Doliopygus coelocephalus Wood & Bright, 1992
Doliopygus conradti Wood & Bright, 1992
Doliopygus dubius Wood & Bright, 1992
Doliopygus erichsoni Wood & Bright, 1992
Doliopygus ghesquierei Wood & Bright, 1992
Doliopygus interjectus Schedl, 1941
Doliopygus lebruni Schedl, 1952
Doliopygus lobatus Wood & Bright, 1992
Doliopygus malkini Schedl, 1956
Doliopygus mimicus Wood & Bright, 1992
Doliopygus minutissimus Wood & Bright, 1992
Doliopygus nairobiensis Wood & Bright, 1992
Doliopygus perbrevis Schedl, 1952
Doliopygus propinquus Schedl, 1954
Doliopygus punctiventris Schedl, 1952
Doliopygus rapax Wood & Bright, 1992
Doliopygus retusus Schedl, 1957
Doliopygus rhodesianus Wood & Bright, 1992
Doliopygus serratus Schedl, 1941
Doliopygus spatiosus Schedl, 1972
Doliopygus tenuis Schedl, 1972
Doliopygus terebrans Schedl, 1964
Doliopygus unicornis Schedl, 1952
Euplatypus hintzi Bright & Ski..., 2002
Euplatypus laminatus Bright & Ski..., 2002
Euplatypus madagascariensis Bright & Ski..., 2002
Euplatypus solutus Bright & Ski..., 2002
Glotastus acaciae
Glotastus assimilis
Glotastus xyloctonus
Hapalogenius africanus Alonso-Zaraz..., 2009
Hapalogenius baphiae Alonso-Zaraz..., 2009
Hapalogenius congonus
Hapalogenius fuscipennis Alonso-Zaraz..., 2009
Hapalogenius oblongus Alonso-Zaraz..., 2009
Hapalogenius subseriatus Schedl, 1957
Hapalogenius togonus Alonso-Zaraz..., 2009
Hylesinopsis confusa
Hylesinopsis dubia Eggers, 1920
Hylesinopsis fasciata
Hylesinopsis hirsuta
Hypothenemus ater Wood & Bright, 1992
Hypothenemus camerunus Wood & Bright, 1992
Hypothenemus concolor Hagedorn, 1909
Hypothenemus dexter Browne, 1970
Hypothenemus lefevrei Wood & Bright, 1992
Hypothenemus liberiensis Wood & Bright, 1992
Hypothenemus morio Wood & Bright, 1992
Hypothenemus mulongensis Wood & Bright, 1992
Hypothenemus socialis Wood & Bright, 1992
Hypothenemus solitarius Wood & Bright, 1992
Lanurgus catenatus Wood & Bright, 1992
Lanurgus frontalis Schedl, 1953
Lanurgus obesus Wood & Bright, 1992
Lanurgus podocarpi Schedl, 1955
Lanurgus xanthophloeae Schedl, 1957
Lanurgus xylographus Schedl, 1962
Liparthrum lowei Wollaston, 1862
Mesoplatypus ventricornis Schedl, 1957
Mimiocurus rugicollis Wood & Bright, 1992
Mitosoma crenulatum Chapuis, 1865
Periommatus angustior Schedl, 1954
Periommatus bifrons Schedl, 1936
Periommatus bispinus Strohmeyer, 1912
Periommatus excisus Strohmeyer, 1912
Periommatus grandis Schedl, 1953
Periommatus inermis Strohmeyer, 1912
Periommatus longicollis Chapuis, 1865
Periommatus penicillatus Schedl, 1965
Periommatus piceus Strohmeyer, 1912
Periommatus pseudomajor Schedl, 1954
Periommatus severini Strohmeyer, 1912
Periommatus signatus Strohmeyer, 1912
Periommatus triquertrus
Phrixosoma nigrum Wood & Bright, 1992
Pityophthorus barbifer Schedl, 1964
Pityophthorus busseae Schedl, 1962
Pityophthorus pentaclethrae Schedl, 1957
Pityophthorus togonus Eggers, 1920
Platypus impressus Wood & Bright, 1992
Platypus intermedius Wood & Bright, 1992
Platypus orientalis Wood & Bright, 1992
Platypus spinulosus Wood & Bright, 1992
Polygraphus amoenus
Polygraphus bicolor Eggers, 1935
Polygraphus brunneus Eggers, 1919
Polygraphus congonus Eggers, 1940
Polygraphus granulatus Niisima, 1941
Polygraphus granulifer Eggers, 1935
Polygraphus tenuis Schedl, 1952
Polygraphus tropicus Eggers, 1932
Premnobius ambitiosus Wood & Bright, 1992Weevil
Premnobius corthyloides Eggers, 1920
Premnobius longus Eggers, 1932
Premnobius marginatus Eggers, 1932
Premnobius minor Eggers, 1927
Premnobius nodulosus Hagedorn, 1908
Premnobius quadrispinosus Schedl, 1938
Premnobius sexspinosus Eggers, 1924
Rhopaleslion thompsoni
Scolytogenes crenatus Wood & Bright, 1992
Scolytoplatypus acuminatus Schedl, 1957
Scolytoplatypus africanus Eggers, 1920
Scolytoplatypus eichelbaumi Hagedorn, 1905
Scolytoplatypus fasciatus Hagedorn, 1904
Serrastus similis Schedl, 1972
Sphaerotrypes hagedorni Eggers, 1920
Sphaerotrypes variegatus Eggers, 1932
Stephanopodius dispar Schedl, 1941
Stephanopodius ghanaensis Wood & Bright, 1992
Strombophorus crenatus Hagedorn, 1909
Strombophorus dialiumi Schedl, 1957
Strombophorus ericius Wood & Bright, 1992
Strombophorus laevis Eggers, 1919
Strombophorus lukengeae Schedl, 1957
Strombophorus minutissimus Schedl, 1936
Styracoptinus euphorbiae Wood & Bright, 1992
Styracoptinus murex Wood & Bright, 1992
Taphronurgus exul Reitter, 1913
Thamnurgus africanus Eggers, 1924
Thamnurgus granulicollis Schedl, 1957
Thamnurgus lobeliae Eggers, 1933
Thamnurgus senecionis Schedl, 1938
Thamnurgus zukwalae Scott, 1935
Tiarophorus elongatus Schreiner, 1882
Tiarophorus gardneri Schedl, 1957
Trachyostus atterimus
Trachyostus ghanaensis Schedl, 1959
Trachyostus schaufussi Strohmeyer, 1913
Trachyostus schoutedeni Wood & Bright, 1992
Trachyostus tomentosus Wood & Bright, 1992
Traglostus exornatus Schedl, 1938
Triozastus banghaasi Schaufuss, 1905
Triozastus elongatus Schedl, 1954
Triozastus marshalli Wood & Bright, 1992
Triozastus pilosulus Wood & Bright, 1992
Tritoemnus aethiopicus
Xyleborinus diversus Wood & Bright, 1992
Xyleborinus sharpae Wood & Bright, 1992
Xyleborinus similans Wood & Bright, 1992
Xyleborus africanus Eggers, 1927
Xyleborus alluaudi Schaufuss, 1897
Xyleborus amanicus Hagedorn, 1910
Xyleborus ambasipennis Schedl, 1957
Xyleborus barumbuensis Eggers, 1924
Xyleborus clerodendronae Schedl, 1952
Xyleborus collarti Eggers, 1932
Xyleborus conradti Hagedorn, 1910
Xyleborus multispinatus Eggers, 1920
Xyleborus pseudoambasius Schedl, 1954
Xyleborus subtuberculatus Eggers, 1927
Xylocleptus castaneus
Xylocleptus sparsipunctatus
Xyloctonus opacus Schedl, 1957
Xyloctonus quadricinctus Schedl, 1941
Xyloctonus scolytoides Eichhoff, 1872
Xyloctonus subcostatus Eggers, 1939

Subnodes of Curculionidae with occurrences in Afrotropical
SubfamilyPlatypodinae
Shuckard, 1840
Ambrosia beetles, Pinhole Bark Borers
11
68
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyScolytinae
Latreille, 1804
ambrosia beetles, Bark and Ambrosia Beetles, Bark beetles, engraver beetles, Engravers, timber beetles
36
146
Genera
Species

Taxom



Curculionidae (Latreille 1802)
Curculionidae (Latreille 1802)


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Curculionidae at artfakta.se
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