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Checklist for Family Curculionidae Latreille, 1802 (Ambrosia beetles)
and region Benin (West Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
200
1305
2565
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
200
1305
2565
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
191
1271
2495
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
122
1005
2162
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
30
458
951
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
26
364
697
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Cucujiformia
Lameere, 1938
11
162
260
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Curculionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bark Beetles, Snout Beetles and Bark Beetles, Weevils
3
15
14
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCurculionidae
Latreille, 1802
Ambrosia beetles, Amycteridae, Aquatic weevils, Weevil
9
8
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Benin
9 Genera with 8 Species
Hyphaene1SpeciesTaxom
Lixoglyptus Reitter, 18071SpeciesTaxom
Lixus Fabricius, 18432SpeciesTaxom
Menemachus Schönherr, 18981SpeciesTaxom
Omotrachelus Kolbe, 19541SpeciesTaxom
Proictes Schoenherr, 1840
0SpeciesTaxom
Ptochus Schönherr, 19541SpeciesTaxom
Scolochirus Marshall, 19361SpeciesTaxom
Sitophilus Schönherr, 1838
Granary Weevils0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Benin
8 Species
Hyphaene thebaica
Lixoglyptus spartii Olivier, 1807
Lixus cuneiformis Fahraeus, 1871
Lixus uniformis (Boheman, 1843)⇒ Lixoglyptus spartii Olivier, 1807
Menemachus versicolor Faust, 1898
Omotrachelus dahomensis Marshall, 1954
Ptochus grandiceps Marshall, 1954
Scolochirus biovatus Hustache, 1936

Subnodes of Curculionidae with occurrences in Benin
SubfamilyConoderinae
Schönherr, 1833
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCurculioninae
Latreille, 1802
Acorn weevils, Flower weevils, Nut weevils
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyDryophthorinae
Schönherr, 1825
1
0
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyEntiminae
Schönherr, 1826
Broad-nosed weevils
4
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLixinae
Schönherr, 1823
Cylindrical weevils
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom



Curculionidae (Latreille 1802)
Curculionidae (Latreille 1802)


Links, sources and further information
Curculionidae at artfakta.se
Curculionidae at dyntaxa.se
Curculionidae at gbif.org
Curculionidae at irmng.org
Curculionidae at itis.gov
Curculionidae at marinespecies.org