Larinus
Larinus | |
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Larinus sturnus | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Curculionidae |
Subfamily: | Lixinae |
Genus: | Larinus Dejean, 1821 |
Species | |
180+, see text |
Larinus is a genus of true weevils, comprising about 180 species, mostly in the Palaearctic region.[1] [2] Turkey appears to have a significant diversity of the group, with more than 50 species recorded in the Eastern part of the country. [1]
Several of these beetles are used as agents of biological pest control against noxious weeds. They feed on flower heads, destroying the developing seeds of the weeds.
Species include:
- Larinus araxicola Gultekin, 2006
- Larinus brevis
- Larinus centaurea Oliver, 1807
- Larinus curtus
- Larinus cynarae
- Larinus filiformis Petri
- Larinus flavescens
- Larinus gigas
- Larinus grisescens Gyllenhal
- Larinus jaceae
- Larinus latus Herbst
- Larinus minutus
- Larinus obtusus
- Larinus orientalis Capiomont, 1874
- Larinus planus
- Larinus sibiricus
- Larinus sturnus
External links
References
- 1 2 L. Gültekin (2006). "A new weevil species Larinus araxicola sp. n. (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Lixinae) from northeastern Turkey with biological notes" (PDF). Proceedings of the Russian Entomological Society.
- ↑ Hoffman, A. 1954. Faune de France. 59, Coléoptères Curculionidés. Part 2. P. Lechavalier, Paris.
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