Sitonini

Sitonini
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Superfamily: Curculionoidea
Family: Curculionidae
Subfamily: Entiminae
Tribe: Sitonini
Gistel, 1848
Genera

Cecractes Schonherr, 1840
Velazquezia Alonso-Zarazaga & Lyal, 1999
Schelopius Desbrochers, 1872
Ecnomognathus Voss, 1925
Eugnathus Schonherr, 1834
Charagmus Schonherr, 1826
Coelositona Gonzalez, 1971
Andrion Velazquez
Sitona
†Sitonitellus Carpenter, 1985

Sitonini is a tribe of weevils in the Entiminae subfamily. There are currently 9 extant genera, and one fossil genus, Sitonitellus.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Antonio J, Velazquez, de Castro, Miguel Angel Alonso-Zarazaga, and Raimundo Outerelo. "Systematics of Sitonini (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae), with a hypothesis on the evolution of feeding habits" (PDF). Systematic Entomology (2007), 32, 312–331.
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