Mecinus

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: Curculioninae
Tribus: Mecinini
Genus: Mecinus
Synonyms (5): Aprinodactylus – Aprinus – Hexaphyllus – Macipus – Mecinopsis

Species (66): M. albipubens – M. alboscutellatus – M. alternans – M. andalusicus – M. angustatus – M. aubei – M. barbarus – M. baridioides – M. bonnairei – M. brevithorax – M. caucasicus – M. circulatus – M. collaris – M. comosus – M. crassifemur – M. cuprifer – M. curvirostris – M. desertorum – M. dorsalis – M. echinatus – M. elongatus – M. erythrocerus – M. erythrocnemus – M. fimbriatus – M. haemorrhoidalis – M. henrici – M. heydeni – M. horridulus – M. humeralis – M. ictericus – M. janthinus – M. kammereri – M. labilis – M. laeviceps – M. latiusculus – M. limbatus – M. linnavuorii – M. longulus – M. ludyi – M. marginatus – M. marina – M. marmota – M. nasutus – M. paratychioides – M. pascuorum – M. pinastri – M. pipistrellus – M. pirazzolii – M. plantaginis – M. pyraster – M. reichei – M. rufipennis – M. sanctus – M. semicylindricus – M. seriatus – M. setulosus – M. sicardi – M. simus – M. subcostatus – M. sublineellus – M. suturalis – M. tavaresi – M. tychioides – M. variabilis – M. variegatus – M. violaceus

[source: Catalogue of Life: 2013 Annual Checklist, plus (31) M. aestivus – M. alboscutellatus – M. baridioides – M. bonnairei – M. caucasicus – M. concavirostris – M. crassifemur – M. desertorum – M. elongatus – M. henrici – M. ictericus – M. labilis – M. latiusculus – M. linnavuorii – M. longirostris – M. longulus – M. ludyi – M. marina – M. marmota – M. nigronotatus – M. paratychioides – M. pascuorum – M. pipistrellus – M. pirazzolii – M. plantaginis – M. sanctus – M. seriatus – M. simus – M. tychioides – M. variabilis – M. zherichini
, minus (23) M. aestivus – M. alpinus – M. cerasi – M. concavirostris – M. fairmairei – M. favarcqi – M. filiformis – M. hariolus – M. hesteticus – M. lineicollis – M. longirostris – M. longiusculus – M. nigronotatus – M. pici – M. relicta – M. schneideri – M. setosus – M. subcylindricus – M. teretiusculus – M. theresae – M. tournieri – M. venturensis – M. zherichini
]

Add (2): M. peterharrisi – M. raphaelis
Name

Mecinus Germar, 1821

References

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Caldara, R. 2001: Phylogenetic analysis and higher classification of the tribe Mecinini (Coleoptera: Curculionidae<, Curculioninae). Koleopterologische rundschau, 71: 171–203. [abstract only seen]
Caldara, R. 2008: On the taxonomy and nomenclature of some Mecinini (Coleoptera, Curculionidae). Fragmenta entomologica, 40(1): 125–137. PDF
Caldara, R.; Fogato, V. 2013: Systematics of the weevil genus Mecinus Germar, 1821 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). I. Taxonomic treatment of the species. Zootaxa 3654(1): 1–105. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3654.1.1 Reference page.
Caldara, R.; Sassi, D.; Montagna, M. 2013: Systematics of the weevil genus Mecinus Germar, 1821 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). II. Phylogenetic analysis based on adult morphological characters and host plant information. Zootaxa 3664(2): 136–148. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3664.2.2 Reference page.
Gosik, R., Skuhrovec, J., Caldara, R. & Toševski, I. 2020. Immature stages of Palearctic Mecinus species (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Curculioninae): morphological characters diagnostic at genus and species levels. ZooKeys, 939: 87–165. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.939.50612 Open access Reference page.
Toševski, I. et al. 2013: Revision of Mecinus heydenii species complex (Curculionidae): integrative taxonomy reveals multiple species exhibiting host specialization. Zoologica scripta 43(1): 34-51. DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12037 Reference page.

Mecinus is a genus of true weevils in the family of beetles known as Curculionidae. There are at least 90 described species in Mecinus.[1][2][3][4][5]

Species

These 95 species belong to the genus Mecinus:

Mecinus aestivus Caldara, 2001 c
Mecinus albipubens Reitter, 1907 c
Mecinus alboscutellatus Caldara, 2001 c
Mecinus alpinus Hustache, 1941 c
Mecinus alternans Kirsch, 1870 c
Mecinus andalusicus Faust, 1890 c
Mecinus angustatus Desbrochers, 1893 c
Mecinus aubei Desbrochers, 1893 c
Mecinus barbarus Gyllenhal, 1838 c
Mecinus bonnairei Caldara, 2001 c
Mecinus brevithorax Desbrochers, 1893 c
Mecinus bulgaricus Angelov, 1971 c
Mecinus caucasicus Caldara, 2001 c
Mecinus cerasi c
Mecinus circulatus Stephens, 1829 c
Mecinus collaris Dejean, 1821 c
Mecinus comosus Boheman, 1845 c
Mecinus concavirostris Caldara, 2001 c
Mecinus corifoliae Tosevski & Jovic, 2014 c g
Mecinus crassifemur Caldara, 2001 c
Mecinus cuprifer Dejean, 1821 c
Mecinus curvirostris Petri, 1926 c
Mecinus desertorum Caldara, 2001 c
Mecinus dorsalis Aubé, 1850 c
Mecinus echinatus Desbrochers, 1893 c
Mecinus elongatus Caldara, 2001 c
Mecinus erythrocerus Abeille, 1910 c
Mecinus erythrocnemus Abeille de Perrin, 1910 c
Mecinus fairmairei Tournier, 1873 c
Mecinus favarcqi Pic, 1915 c
Mecinus filiformis Aubé, 1850 c
Mecinus fimbriatus Germar, E.F., 1821 c
Mecinus haemorrhoidalis Stephens, 1831 c
Mecinus hariolus Reitter, 1907 c
Mecinus henrici Caldara, 2001 c
Mecinus hesteticus Vitale, 1906 c
Mecinus heydeni Wencker, 1866 c
Mecinus horridulus Desbrochers, 1893 c
Mecinus humeralis Tournier, 1873 c
Mecinus ianthinus Germar, 1821 g
Mecinus ictericus Caldara, 2001 c
Mecinus janthiniformis Tosevski & Caldara in Tosevski, Caldara, Jovic, Hernández-Vera, baviera, Gassmann & Emerson, 2011 c
Mecinus janthinus Thomson, 1865 c g b (stem-boring weevil)
Mecinus kaemmereri Wagner, 1927 g
Mecinus kämmereri Wagner, 1927 c
Mecinus labilis (Herbst, J.F.W., 1795) c g
Mecinus laeviceps Tournier, 1873 c g
Mecinus latiusculus Caldara, 2001 c
Mecinus limbatus Dejean, 1821 c
Mecinus lineicollis Reitter, 1907 c
Mecinus linnavuorii Caldara, 2001 c
Mecinus longirostris Caldara, 2001 c
Mecinus longiusculus Boheman, 1845 c
Mecinus longulus Caldara, 2001 c g
Mecinus ludyi Caldara, 2001 c g
Mecinus marginatus Germar, E.F., 1821 c
Mecinus marina Caldara, 2001 c
Mecinus marmota Caldara, 2001 c
Mecinus meridionalis Tosevski & Jovic, 2014 c g
Mecinus nasutus Tournier, 1873 c
Mecinus nigronotatus Caldara, 2001 c
Mecinus paratychioides Caldara, 2001 c
Mecinus pascuorum (Gyllenhal, 1813) c b
Mecinus peterharrisi Tosevski & Caldara, 2014 c g
Mecinus pici Reitter, 1907 c
Mecinus pinastri Dejean, 1821 c
Mecinus pipistrellus Caldara, 2001 c
Mecinus pirazzolii Caldara, 2001 c
Mecinus plantaginis Caldara, 2001 c
Mecinus pyraster (Herbst, 1795) i c g b (stem miner weevil)
Mecinus raphaelis Baviera & Caldara, 2014 c g
Mecinus reichei Tournier, 1873 c
Mecinus rufipennis Pic, 1915 c
Mecinus sanctus Caldara, 2001 c
Mecinus schneideri Kirsch, 1870 c
Mecinus semicylindricus Dejean, 1821 c
Mecinus seriatus Caldara, 2001 c
Mecinus setosus Kiesenwetter, 1864 c
Mecinus setulosus Pic, 1896 c
Mecinus sicardi Hustache, 1920 c
Mecinus simus Caldara, 2001 c
Mecinus subcylindricus Pic, 1896 c
Mecinus sublineellus Fairmaire, 1880 c
Mecinus suturalis Reitter, 1907 c
Mecinus tanaiticus Arzanov, 2000 c
Mecinus tavaresi Hoffmann, 1958 c
Mecinus teretiusculus Boheman, 1845 c
Mecinus theresae Reitter, 1907 c
Mecinus tournieri Fairmaire, 1876 c
Mecinus tychioides Caldara, 2001 c
Mecinus variabilis Caldara, 2001 c
Mecinus variegatus Sturm, 1826 c
Mecinus venturensis Hoffmann, 1958 c
Mecinus violaceus Dejean, 1821 c
Mecinus zherichini Caldara, 2001 c

Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[2] g = GBIF,[3] b = Bugguide.net[4]
References

"Mecinus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
"Browse Mecinus". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
"Mecinus". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
"Mecinus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-05.

"Mecinus Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-05.

Further reading

Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; Lyal, Christopher H.C. (1999). A World Catalogue of Families and Genera of Curculionoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) (Excepting Scotylidae and Platypodidae). Entomopraxis. ISBN 84-605-9994-9.
Arnett, R.H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0849309540.
Blatchley, W.S. (1910). An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera, beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana. Nature Pub.
Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Davies, Anthony E.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". ZooKeys. Pensoft Publishers (88): 1–972. doi:10.3897/zookeys.88.807. ISSN 1313-2989. PMC 3088472. PMID 21594053.
LeConte, J.L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Vol. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 0665100558.
O'Brien, Charles W.; Wibmer, Guillermo J. (1982). "Annotated checklist of the weevils (Curculionidae sensu lato) of North America, Central America, and the West Indies (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea)". Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute (34).
White, Richard E. (1998) [1983]. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 0395910897.