Checklist of Family Curculionidae Latreille, 1802 (Ambrosia beetles)
for Niger (West Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 186
1173
2132 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 186
1173
2132 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 173
1141
2088 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 111
912
1786 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans | 27
350
696 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags | 25
287
507 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Cucujiformia
Lameere, 1938
| 10
112
149 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Curculionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bark Beetles, Snout Beetles and Bark Beetles, Weevils | 3
33
43 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Curculionidae
Latreille, 1802
Ambrosia beetles, Amycteridae, Aquatic weevils, Weevil | 12
13 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Niger
12 Genera with 13 Species | Aclees Schönherr, 1891 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Afrosmicronyx Hustache, 1997 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Baris Germar, 1895 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Curculio Linnaeus, 1801 | Nut weevils and Acorn weevils | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dereodus sch�n..., 1922 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Esamus Chevrolat, 1880 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Exithius Pascoe, 1913 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hadromerus oberthᦙ..., 1823 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Sitophilus Schönherr, 1855 | Granary Weevils | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Smicronyx Schönherr, 1956 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Strophosoma Billberg, 1831 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tanymecus Germar, 1834 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Niger
13 Species | Aclees senegalensis Fairmaire, 1891 | | | Afrosmicronyx dorsomaculatus Cox, 1997 | | | Baris decorata Faust, 1895 | | | Curculio retusus (Fabricius, 1801) | ⇒ Strophosoma nebulosum Stephens, 1831 | | Dereodus marginellus Voss, 1922 | | | Esamus acutus Chevrolat, 1880 | | | Exithius athyreus Lea, 1913 | | | Hadromerus praeustus Hustache, 1919 | | | Hadromerus sagittarius Schoenherr, 1823 | | | Sitophilus zeamais Motschulsky, 1855 | Greater grain weevil | | Smicronyx guineanus Voss, 1956 | | | Strophosoma (Neliocarus) nebulosum Stephens, 1831 | | | Tanymecus discolor Gyllenhal, 1834 | |
Subnodes of Curculionidae with occurrences in Niger
 | | Curculionidae (Latreille 1802) |
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