Mecinus

Mecinus
Mecinus pascuorum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Curculionidae
Tribe:	Mecinini
Genus:	Mecinus Germar, 1821

Mecinus is a genus of true weevils in the family of beetles known as Curculionidae. There are at least 90 described species in Mecinus.

Mecinus pascuorum

Species

These 95 species belong to the genus Mecinus:

• Mecinus aestivus Caldara, 2001 ^c
• Mecinus albipubens Reitter, 1907 ^c
• Mecinus alboscutellatus Caldara, 2001 ^c
• Mecinus alpinus Hustache, 1941 ^c
• Mecinus alternans Kirsch, 1870 ^c
• Mecinus andalusicus Faust, 1890 ^c
• Mecinus angustatus Desbrochers, 1893 ^c
• Mecinus aubei Desbrochers, 1893 ^c
• Mecinus barbarus Gyllenhal, 1838 ^c
• Mecinus bonnairei Caldara, 2001 ^c
• Mecinus brevithorax Desbrochers, 1893 ^c
• Mecinus bulgaricus Angelov, 1971 ^c
• Mecinus caucasicus Caldara, 2001 ^c
• Mecinus cerasi ^c
• Mecinus circulatus Stephens, 1829 ^c
• Mecinus collaris Dejean, 1821 ^c
• Mecinus comosus Boheman, 1845 ^c
• Mecinus concavirostris Caldara, 2001 ^c
• Mecinus corifoliae Tosevski & Jovic, 2014 ^{c g}
• Mecinus crassifemur Caldara, 2001 ^c
• Mecinus cuprifer Dejean, 1821 ^c
• Mecinus curvirostris Petri, 1926 ^c
• Mecinus desertorum Caldara, 2001 ^c
• Mecinus dorsalis Aubé, 1850 ^c
• Mecinus echinatus Desbrochers, 1893 ^c
• Mecinus elongatus Caldara, 2001 ^c
• Mecinus erythrocerus Abeille, 1910 ^c
• Mecinus erythrocnemus Abeille de Perrin, 1910 ^c
• Mecinus fairmairei Tournier, 1873 ^c
• Mecinus favarcqi Pic, 1915 ^c
• Mecinus filiformis Aubé, 1850 ^c
• Mecinus fimbriatus Germar, E.F., 1821 ^c
• Mecinus haemorrhoidalis Stephens, 1831 ^c
• Mecinus hariolus Reitter, 1907 ^c
• Mecinus henrici Caldara, 2001 ^c
• Mecinus hesteticus Vitale, 1906 ^c
• Mecinus heydeni Wencker, 1866 ^c
• Mecinus horridulus Desbrochers, 1893 ^c
• Mecinus humeralis Tournier, 1873 ^c
• Mecinus ianthinus Germar, 1821 ^g
• Mecinus ictericus Caldara, 2001 ^c
• Mecinus janthiniformis Tosevski & Caldara in Tosevski, Caldara, Jovic, Hernández-Vera, baviera, Gassmann & Emerson, 2011 ^c
• Mecinus janthinus Thomson, 1865 ^{c g b} (stem-boring weevil)
• Mecinus kaemmereri Wagner, 1927 ^g
• Mecinus kämmereri Wagner, 1927 ^c
• Mecinus labilis (Herbst, J.F.W., 1795) ^{c g}
• Mecinus laeviceps Tournier, 1873 ^{c g}
• Mecinus latiusculus Caldara, 2001 ^c
• Mecinus limbatus Dejean, 1821 ^c
• Mecinus lineicollis Reitter, 1907 ^c
• Mecinus linnavuorii Caldara, 2001 ^c
• Mecinus longirostris Caldara, 2001 ^c
• Mecinus longiusculus Boheman, 1845 ^c
• Mecinus longulus Caldara, 2001 ^{c g}
• Mecinus ludyi Caldara, 2001 ^{c g}
• Mecinus marginatus Germar, E.F., 1821 ^c
• Mecinus marina Caldara, 2001 ^c
• Mecinus marmota Caldara, 2001 ^c
• Mecinus meridionalis Tosevski & Jovic, 2014 ^{c g}
• Mecinus nasutus Tournier, 1873 ^c
• Mecinus nigronotatus Caldara, 2001 ^c
• Mecinus paratychioides Caldara, 2001 ^c
• Mecinus pascuorum (Gyllenhal, 1813) ^{c b}
• Mecinus peterharrisi Tosevski & Caldara, 2014 ^{c g}
• Mecinus pici Reitter, 1907 ^c
• Mecinus pinastri Dejean, 1821 ^c
• Mecinus pipistrellus Caldara, 2001 ^c
• Mecinus pirazzolii Caldara, 2001 ^c
• Mecinus plantaginis Caldara, 2001 ^c
• Mecinus pyraster (Herbst, 1795) ^{i c g b} (stem miner weevil)
• Mecinus raphaelis Baviera & Caldara, 2014 ^{c g}
• Mecinus reichei Tournier, 1873 ^c
• Mecinus rufipennis Pic, 1915 ^c
• Mecinus sanctus Caldara, 2001 ^c
• Mecinus schneideri Kirsch, 1870 ^c
• Mecinus semicylindricus Dejean, 1821 ^c
• Mecinus seriatus Caldara, 2001 ^c
• Mecinus setosus Kiesenwetter, 1864 ^c
• Mecinus setulosus Pic, 1896 ^c
• Mecinus sicardi Hustache, 1920 ^c
• Mecinus simus Caldara, 2001 ^c
• Mecinus subcylindricus Pic, 1896 ^c
• Mecinus sublineellus Fairmaire, 1880 ^c
• Mecinus suturalis Reitter, 1907 ^c
• Mecinus tanaiticus Arzanov, 2000 ^c
• Mecinus tavaresi Hoffmann, 1958 ^c
• Mecinus teretiusculus Boheman, 1845 ^c
• Mecinus theresae Reitter, 1907 ^c
• Mecinus tournieri Fairmaire, 1876 ^c
• Mecinus tychioides Caldara, 2001 ^c
• Mecinus variabilis Caldara, 2001 ^c
• Mecinus variegatus Sturm, 1826 ^c
• Mecinus venturensis Hoffmann, 1958 ^c
• Mecinus violaceus Dejean, 1821 ^c
• Mecinus zherichini Caldara, 2001 ^c

Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

Further reading

• Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; Lyal, Christopher H.C. (1999). A World Catalogue of Families and Genera of Curculionoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) (Excepting Scotylidae and Platypodidae). Entomopraxis. ISBN 84-605-9994-9.
• Arnett, R.H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0849309540.
• Blatchley, W.S. (1910). An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera, beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana. Nature Pub.
• Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Davies, Anthony E.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". ZooKeys (88). Pensoft Publishers: 1–972. doi:10.3897/zookeys.88.807. ISSN 1313-2989. PMC 3088472. PMID 21594053.
• LeConte, J.L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Vol. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 0665100558.
• 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)". Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute (34).
• White, Richard E. (1998) [1983]. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 0395910897.

External links

• Media related to Mecinus at Wikimedia Commons