Hypera
Hypera | |
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Hypera diversipunctata | |
Scientific 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] | |
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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]
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Hypera Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-20.
- ^ "Browse Hypera". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-20.
- ^ "Hypera". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-20.
- ^ "Hypera Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-20.
Further reading
[edit]- 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.
- 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.
External links
[edit]Media related to Hypera at Wikimedia Commons