Scierus

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: Scolytinae
Tribus: Hylastini
Genus: Scierus
Species: S. annectens – S. pubescens
Name

Scierus LeConte, 1876
Gender

masculine
Type species

Scierus annectens LeConte, 1876, by monotypy

References

Alonso-Zarazaga, M.A.; Lyal, C.H.C. 2009: A catalogue of family and genus group names in Scolytinae and Platypodinae with nomenclatural remarks (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Zootaxa, 2258: 1–134. Abstract & excerpt

Links

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Nomenclator Zoologicus

Scierus is a genus of crenulate bark beetles in the family Curculionidae. There are at least three described species in Scierus.[1][2][3]
Species

These three species belong to the genus Scierus:

Scierus annectans LeConte, 1876
Scierus annectens LeConte, 1876
Scierus pubescens Swaine, 1924

References

"Scierus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
"Scierus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.

"Scierus genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.

Further reading

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)" (PDF). Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute.
Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 7: Curculionoidea I. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-26093-1.
Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 8: Curculionoidea II. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-25916-4.