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Checklist for Superfamily Curculionoidea Latreille, 1802 (Bark 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
 


List of families for Benin
3 Families width 14 Species
Attelabidae Billberg, 1820Leaf Rolling Weevil5SpeciesTaxom
Curculionidae Latreille, 1802Ambrosia beetles8SpeciesTaxom
Brentidae Billberg, 1820Brenthidae1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Benin
15 Genera with 14 Species
Apoderus Olivier, 18941SpeciesTaxom
Homapoderus Legalov, 18941SpeciesTaxom
Hyphaene1SpeciesTaxom
Lixoglyptus Reitter, 18071SpeciesTaxom
Lixus Fabricius, 18432SpeciesTaxom
Menemachus Schönherr, 18981SpeciesTaxom
Omotrachelus Kolbe, 19541SpeciesTaxom
Parapoderus Voss, 19331SpeciesTaxom
Paratomapoderus Voss, 20071SpeciesTaxom
Proictes Schoenherr, 1840
0SpeciesTaxom
Ptochus Schönherr, 19541SpeciesTaxom
Rhinopteryx Lacordaire, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Scolochirus Marshall, 19361SpeciesTaxom
Sitophilus Schönherr, 1838
Granary Weevils0SpeciesTaxom
Tomapoderus Voss, 19261SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Benin
14 Species
Apoderus anxius (Faust, 1894)⇒ Homapoderus anxius Faust, 1894
Homapoderus (Homapoderus) anxius Faust, 1894
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
Parapoderus anxius Voss, 1933
Paratomapoderus (Paratomapoderus) beninensis Legalov, 2007
Ptochus grandiceps Marshall, 1954
Rhinopteryx foveipennis J. Thomson, 1858West Indian squirrelfish
Scolochirus biovatus Hustache, 1936
Tomapoderus tenuicola Voss, 1926

Subnodes of Curculionoidea with occurrences in Benin
FamilyAttelabidae
Billberg, 1820
Leaf Rolling Weevil, Leaf rolling weevils, Leaf-roller weevils, Leaf-rolling beetles, Leaf-rolling weevils, Leafroller Weevils, Tooth nosed weevils
5
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyBrentidae
Billberg, 1820
Brenthidae, Cycad weevils, New York weevil, Primitive, Primitive weevils, Straight snout weevils, Straight-snouted beetles, Straight-snouted weevils, Straightsnouted weevils, Timberworms
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyCurculionidae
Latreille, 1802
Ambrosia beetles, Amycteridae, Aquatic weevils, Bark beetles, Beetles Weevils, Scout beetles, Snout and Bark Beetles, Snout Beetle, Snout beetles, Snout Beetles and Bark Beetles, True weevils, Weevil, Weevils
9
8
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Curculionoidea at artfakta.se
Curculionoidea at dyntaxa.se
Curculionoidea at itis.gov