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Merhynchites
Sign in to saveMerhynchites is a genus of leaf and bud weevils in the beetle family Attelabidae. There are about 12 described species in Merhynchites.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 23
- With media
- 3
- Family
- Attelabidae
- Collections
- AUM, SBMNH, CASC, UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA COLLECTION OF ARTHOPODS (UCFC)
- Recorded in
- United States
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- Parent taxon
- Rhynchitidae
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Merhynchites is a genus of leaf and bud weevils in the beetle family Attelabidae. There are about 12 described species in Merhynchites.
==Species== These 12 species belong to the genus Merhynchites: Merhynchites bicolor (Fabricius, 1775) (rose curculio) Merhynchites cockerelli Pierce, 1913 Merhynchites creticus Voss, 1955 Merhynchites hungaricus Sharp, 1889 Merhynchites palmi Hamilton, 1979 Merhynchites palmii (Schaeffer, 1905) Merhynchites piceus Pierce, 1913 Merhynchites ruber Fairmaire Merhynchites tricarinatus (Green, 1920) Merhynchites ventralis Pierce, 1913 Merhynchites viridilustrans Pierce, 1913 Merhynchites wickhami (Cockerell, 1912) (western rose curculio)
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