Araecerus

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Superfamilia: Curculionoidea

Familia: Anthribidae
Subfamilia: Choraginae
Tribus: Araecerini
Genus: Araecerus
Synonyms (2): Doticus – Metadoticus

Species (61): A. acutus – A. aequalipennis – A. alboscutatus – A. alternans – A. alternatus – A. arafurus – A. areolatus – A. asperulus – A. bicristatus – A. bradytus – A. cacao – A. candicans – A. cautus – A. centrimaculatus – A. coffeae – A. conabilis – A. constans – A. convexus – A. corporaali – A. crassicornis – A. cyrtus – A. elegans – A. eudelus – A. fallax – A. fasciculatus – A. fragilis – A. fuscopictus – A. gibbicollis – A. greenwoodi – A. griseus – A. insularis – A. intangens – A. irresolutus – A. japonicus – A. koebelei – A. levipennis – A. lindensis – A. lutatus – A. mordellinus – A. nitidus – A. niveovariegatus – A. notandus – A. omphalus – A. palmaris – A. peregrinus – A. pumilus – A. rhodopus – A. rotundatus – A. rufipes – A. sambucinus – A. seminarius – A. sentus – A. silex – A. simulatus – A. suavis – A. sublevis – A. subnotatus – A. suturalis – A. tarsalis – A. varians – A. vieillardi

[source: Catalogue of Life: 2013 Annual Checklist, plus Catalogue of Life: 2013 Annual Checklist (Doticus), minus (2) A. pardalis – A. pestilens
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In synonymy (1): A. pestilens
Name

Araecerus Schoenherr, 1823

References

Frieser, R. 1981: Einige neue asiatische Anthribiden (Coleoptera: Anthribidae). Entomologica Basiliensia, 6: 437–444.
Frieser, R. 1990: Neue und interessante Anthribiden aus der ostlichen Hemisphare (Coleoptera: Anthribidae). Acta coleopterologica (Munich), 6(1): 9–30.
Frieser, R. 2009: [Contribution to knowledge on anthribids (Coleoptera: Anthribidae).] Acta coleopterologica (Munich), 25(1): 46–70.
Holloway, B.A. 1982. Anthribidae (Insecta: Coleoptera). Fauna of New Zealand, 3. 272 pp. ISBN 0-477-06703-4. Online. Reference page.
Olliff, A.S. 1890: Additions to the insect-fauna of Lord Howe Island, and descriptions of two new Australian Coleoptera. Records of the Australian Museum, 1: 72–76. Internet Archive Biodiversity Heritage Library
Pascoe, F.P. 1882: Notes on Coleoptera, with descriptions of new genera and species.-Part IV. Annals and magazine of natural history (5), 9: 25–37. Internet Archive Biodiversity Heritage Library
Schönherr, C.J. 1823. Curculionides [Tabula synoptica familiae Curculionidum]. Isis von Oken 1823(10): 1132–1146. HathiTrust Library. BHL (BHL is missing pages) Reference page.
Valentine, B.D. 2005: The scientific name of the coffee bean weevil and some additional bibliography (Coleoptera: Anthribidae: Araecerus Schönherr). Insecta Mundi, 19(4): 247–254. PDF
Zimmerman, E.C. 1994: Australian weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea). Volume 1. Orthoceri Anthribidae to Attelabidae, the primitive weevils. CSIRO Publications - Entomological Society of America. Melbourne. ISBN 0 643 05145 7 (v. 1) ISBN 0 643 05144 9 (set)

Araecerus is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Anthribidae.
Species

A. coffeae (Fabricius, 1801)(now considered a junior synonym of A. fasciculatus)
A. constans Perkins, 1900
A. cumingi (Jekel, 1855)
A. fasciculatus (De Geer, 1775)
A. levipennis Jordan, 1924
A. varians Jordan, 1946
A. vieillardi (Montrouzier, 1860)

Araecerus coffeae

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References

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