Hypera

Genus of beetles

Hypera
Hypera diversipunctata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Curculionidae
Subfamily: Hyperinae
Tribe: Hyperini
Genus: Hypera
Germar, 1817
Diversity
at least 280 species
Synonyms[1]
  • Phytonomus Schönherr, 1823

Hypera is a genus of clover and alfalfa weevils in the beetle family Curculionidae. There are at least 280 described species in Hypera.[1][2][3][4]

Hypera rumicis larva in cocoon

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Hypera Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-20.
  2. ^ "Browse Hypera". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-20.
  3. ^ "Hypera". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-20.
  4. ^ "Hypera Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-20.

Further reading

  • Radcliffe, Edward B.; Flanders, Kathy L. (1998). "Biological control of alfalfa weevil in North America". Integrated Pest Management Reviews. 3 (4): 225–242. doi:10.1023/A:1009611219360. S2CID 82043701.
  • O'Brien, Charles W.; Wibmer, Guillermo J. (1982). "Annotated checklist of the weevils (Curculionidae sensu lato) of North America, Central America, and the West Indies (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea)" (PDF). Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-12-24. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  • Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 7: Curculionoidea I. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-26093-1.
  • Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 8: Curculionoidea II. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-25916-4.
  • Media related to Hypera at Wikimedia Commons
Taxon identifiers
Hypera


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