Checklist of Family Curculionidae Latreille, 1802 (Ambrosia beetles)
for Mauritania (West Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 132
724
1283 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 131
723
1282 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 126
710
1263 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 91
552
1025 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans | 24
198
431 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags | 22
117
186 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Cucujiformia
Lameere, 1938
| 9
44
58 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Curculionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bark Beetles, Snout Beetles and Bark Beetles, Weevils | 1
11
17 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Curculionidae
Latreille, 1802
Ambrosia beetles, Amycteridae, Aquatic weevils, Weevil | 11
17 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Mauritania
11 Genera with 17 Species | Acalles Schönherr, 1875 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Aeoloides Schwarz, 1975 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Afrosmicronyx Hustache, 1997 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cycloderes C.R. Sahlberg, 1912 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dereodus sch�n..., 1922 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Orchestes Illiger, 1821 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Rhynchaenus Clairville &..., 1931 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Rhytideres Schönherr, 1951 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Sitona Germar, 1849 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Xyleborus Eichhoff, 1867 | Pinhole borers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Xylosandrus Reitter, 1866 | | 2 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Mauritania
17 Species | Acalles (Acalles) olcesei Tournier, 1873 | | | Acalles africanus Solari & Solari, 1907 | | | Acalles barbarus Lucas, 1849 | | | Acalles carinicollis Tournier, 1873 | | | Acalles granulicollis Tournier, 1875 | | | Aeoloides giganteus Girard, 1975 | | | Afrosmicronyx dorsomaculatus Cox, 1997 | | | Cycloderes lixensis Peyerimhoff, 1912 | | | Dereodus marginellus Voss, 1922 | | | Orchestes (Alyctus) erythropus Germar, 1821 | | | Rhynchaenus (Rhynchaenus) erythropus (Hustache, 1931) | ⇒ Orchestes erythropus Germar, 1821 | | Rhytideres mauritanicus Marshall, 1951 | | | Sitona (Coelositona) ocellatus Küster, 1849 | | | Sitona bituberculatus Motschulsky,..., 1849 | | | Xyleborus similis (Ferrari, 1867) | ⇒ Wallacellus similis Hulcr & Cognato, 2010 | | Xylosandrus compactus Eichhoff, 1875 | Black coffee twig borer | | Xylosandrus crassiusculus Motschulsky, 1866 | Asian Ambrosia Beetle |
Subnodes of Curculionidae with occurrences in Mauritania | Subfamily | Conoderinae
Schönherr, 1833
| 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Cryptorhynchinae
Schönherr, 1825
| 1
5 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Curculioninae
Latreille, 1802
Acorn weevils, Flower weevils, Nut weevils | 3
3 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Entiminae
Schönherr, 1826
Broad-nosed weevils | 4
5 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Scolytinae
Latreille, 1804
ambrosia beetles, Bark and Ambrosia Beetles, Bark beetles, engraver beetles, Engravers, timber beetles | 2
3 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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