Checklist of Superfamily Curculionoidea Latreille, 1802 (Bark Beetles)
for Benin (West Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 200
1304
2564 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 200
1304
2564 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 191
1270
2494 | 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
Genera for Benin
15 Genera with 14 Species | Apoderus Olivier, 1894 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Homapoderus Legalov, 1894 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hyphaene | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lixoglyptus Reitter, 1807 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lixus Fabricius, 1843 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Menemachus Schönherr, 1898 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Omotrachelus Kolbe, 1954 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Parapoderus Voss, 1933 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Paratomapoderus Voss, 2007 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Proictes Schoenherr, 1840 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ptochus Schönherr, 1954 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Rhinopteryx Lacordaire, 1858 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Scolochirus Marshall, 1936 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Sitophilus Schönherr, 1838 | Granary Weevils | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tomapoderus Voss, 1926 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
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, 1858 | West Indian squirrelfish | | Scolochirus biovatus Hustache, 1936 | | | Tomapoderus tenuicola Voss, 1926 | |
Subnodes of Curculionoidea with occurrences in Benin | Family | Attelabidae
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
| | Family | Brentidae
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
| | Family | Curculionidae
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
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