Holcophloeus

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: Curculionidae
Subfamilia: Entiminae
Tribus: Holcorhinini
Genus: Holcophloeus
Species: H. caldarai – H. cruciatus – H. laurae – H. weilli
Name

Holcophloeus Borovec & Meregalli, 2013
Type species: Trachyphloeus cruciatus Seidlitz, 1868 by present designation.

Etymology: Combination of Holco – and – phloeus, suggested by the genus belonging to the tribe Holcorhinini, although at first sight it resembles species of the genus Trachyphloeus.

References

Roman Borovec; Fabrizio Menardo; Massimo Meregalli, 2013: A new genus of Entiminae from North Africa, supported by a phylogenetic analysis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae<: Entiminae). Zoological journal of the Linnean Society, 167: 243–258, 8 figs. DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12001.
Borovec, R., Košťál, M. & Báborská, Z. 2018. Holcophloeus caldarai (Coleoptera: Curculionidae<: Holcorhinini) a new weevil species from Morocco. Zootaxa 4403(3): 578–585. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4403.3.10 Reference page.