Peltophorus (beetle)

Peltophorus
Peltophorus polymitus, Arizona
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Superfamily: Curculionoidea
Family: Curculionidae
Subfamily: Conoderinae
Tribe: Zygopini
Genus: Peltophorus
Schoenherr, 1845
Synonyms[1]
  • Opalocetus Desbrochers, 1910
  • Poltophorus Heller, 1895
Peltophorus adustus, Arizona

Peltophorus is a genus of twig and stem weevils in the beetle family Curculionidae. There are about four described species in Peltophorus, found in Central and North America.[2][1][3][4]

Species

These species belong to the genus Peltophorus:

References

  1. 1 2 "Catalogue of Life, Peltophorus Schoenherr, 1845". Retrieved 2026-07-30.
  2. ↑ "BugGuide.net, Peltophorus genus Information". Retrieved 2026-07-30.
  3. ↑ Anzaldo, S. S. (2017). "Review of the genera of Conoderinae (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) from North America, Central America, and the Caribbean". ZooKeys (683): 51–138. Bibcode:2017ZooK..683...51A. doi:10.3897/zookeys.683.12080. PMC 5523356. PMID 28769729.
  4. ↑ Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; Lyal, Chris HC (2020). Sánchez-Ruiz, M. (ed.). "Electronic Catalogue of Weevil names (Curculionoidea)". ChecklistBank. doi:10.48580/d38v. Retrieved 2026-06-20.