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Peritaxia
Sign in to savePeritaxia is a genus of broad-nosed weevils in the beetle family Curculionidae. There are about seven described species in Peritaxia.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 85
- With media
- 4
- Family
- Curculionidae
- Collections
- CSU, INHS, UNM, TTU, UCM, NAUF
- Recorded in
- United States
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- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Curculionidae
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- taxon name
- Peritaxia
- taxon rank
- genus
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Peritaxia is a genus of broad-nosed weevils in the beetle family Curculionidae. There are about seven described species in Peritaxia.
==Species== These seven species belong to the genus Peritaxia: Peritaxia brevipilis Van Dyke, 1935 i c g Peritaxia elongata Pierce, 1913 i c g Peritaxia hispida Horn, 1876 i c g b Peritaxia longipennis Van Dyke, 1951 i c g Peritaxia perforata Casey, 1888 i c g Peritaxia rugicollis Horn, 1876 i c g Peritaxia uniformis (Van Dyke, 1936) i c g Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net
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